LJUBLJANA, Nov 27 (Hina) - Speaking on Slovenia's state television on Monday evening, Croatian President Stipe Mesic advocated renewing talks between the two governments on a border deal, the draft of which, he reminded, had been
criticised by both sides, especially in Croatia. "The current situation mustn't discourage the governments, the two sides have to sit down and reach an agreement," he said. Insisting on the current draft, initialled by Prime Ministers Ivica Racan and Janez Drnovsek, would lead to arbitration, which according to Mesic "would be hard for both Slovenia and Croatia." Slovenia should enable a different approach to the reaching of an agreement, he said, declining to speak in detail about the possible changes in the deal. He offered the possibility of separating the issue of Slovenia's free access to the open sea from the issue of the seabed, which he said could remain Croatia's. M
LJUBLJANA, Nov 27 (Hina) - Speaking on Slovenia's state television
on Monday evening, Croatian President Stipe Mesic advocated
renewing talks between the two governments on a border deal, the
draft of which, he reminded, had been criticised by both sides,
especially in Croatia.
"The current situation mustn't discourage the governments, the two
sides have to sit down and reach an agreement," he said.
Insisting on the current draft, initialled by Prime Ministers Ivica
Racan and Janez Drnovsek, would lead to arbitration, which
according to Mesic "would be hard for both Slovenia and Croatia."
Slovenia should enable a different approach to the reaching of an
agreement, he said, declining to speak in detail about the possible
changes in the deal. He offered the possibility of separating the
issue of Slovenia's free access to the open sea from the issue of the
seabed, which he said could remain Croatia's.
Mesic conceded Croatian-Slovene cooperation had reached an impasse
several times in the past decade due to the isolation of the
Croatian policy with regard to the war in Bosnia. Now, Croatia, like
Slovenia, wishes to join associations, which makes it possible to
make up for the omissions made in the last ten years, he said.
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