ZAGREB, March 1 (Hina) - Croatian Assistant Foreign Minister Vladimir Drobnjak on Monday expressed Croatia's protest to the Slovene Ambassador to Croatia, Bostjan Kovacic, over recent incidents in Piran Bay. Drobnjak also said Croatia
would not accept views expressed in a note by the Slovene Foreign Ministry, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday. Three Slovene fishing boats and one police vessel violated Croatian territorial waters in Piran Bay on Saturday. The border in Piran Bay is still being negotiated between Slovenia and Croatia. Drobnjak stressed the Croatian side continued to advocate avoidance of incidents in the area, primarily by following the UN Convention on the rights of seas which both states have signed, and advocated the signing of an agreement on a temporary solution between the two countries in the spirit of the already signed Agreement on Border Traffic and Coo
ZAGREB, March 1 (Hina) - Croatian Assistant Foreign Minister
Vladimir Drobnjak on Monday expressed Croatia's protest to the
Slovene Ambassador to Croatia, Bostjan Kovacic, over recent
incidents in Piran Bay.
Drobnjak also said Croatia would not accept views expressed in a
note by the Slovene Foreign Ministry, the Croatian Foreign Ministry
said in a statement Monday.
Three Slovene fishing boats and one police vessel violated Croatian
territorial waters in Piran Bay on Saturday. The border in Piran Bay
is still being negotiated between Slovenia and Croatia.
Drobnjak stressed the Croatian side continued to advocate
avoidance of incidents in the area, primarily by following the UN
Convention on the rights of seas which both states have signed, and
advocated the signing of an agreement on a temporary solution
between the two countries in the spirit of the already signed
Agreement on Border Traffic and Cooperation.
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