LJUBLJANA, Feb 27 (Hina) - The president of a Slovene commission for borders on Saturday told a Slovene television station Slovenia would file a harsh diplomatic protest to Croatia in relation to an incident in the bordering Piran Bay
which occurred on Saturday. Commission president Peter Tos told POP-TV a Croatian patrol ship intercepted Slovene fishermen in Piran Bay and cautioned them they were in Croatian waters. A border in Piran Bay is an open issue between Croatia and Slovenia. Tos said the Saturday incident differed from previous ones because Croatian police had never yet entered Piran Bay "that northwards." Slovenia's views in relation to a border in Piran Bay are clear and based on a Slovene parliament memorandum which proclaimed the entire bay an indivisible part of Slovene territory, Tos said. "Even in the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia had jurisdiction over Piran Bay, and we
LJUBLJANA, Feb 27 (Hina) - The president of a Slovene commission for
borders on Saturday told a Slovene television station Slovenia
would file a harsh diplomatic protest to Croatia in relation to an
incident in the bordering Piran Bay which occurred on Saturday.
Commission president Peter Tos told POP-TV a Croatian patrol ship
intercepted Slovene fishermen in Piran Bay and cautioned them they
were in Croatian waters.
A border in Piran Bay is an open issue between Croatia and
Slovenia.
Tos said the Saturday incident differed from previous ones because
Croatian police had never yet entered Piran Bay "that northwards."
Slovenia's views in relation to a border in Piran Bay are clear and
based on a Slovene parliament memorandum which proclaimed the
entire bay an indivisible part of Slovene territory, Tos said.
"Even in the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia had jurisdiction over
Piran Bay, and we believe it will remain so even in the temporary
regime currently being negotiated," the Slovene official
concluded.
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