MOKRICE, June 16 (Hina) - Croatian and Slovene prime ministers Zlatko Matesa and Janez Drnovsek described their two-hour talks held in the Mokrice castle (Slovenia) on Wednesday as very successful. The talks focused on outstanding
bilateral issues. Croatia's Matesa accepted Drnovsek's invitation to officially visit Slovenia on July 14, at which time an agreement on property right relations will be harmonised and initialled. The agreement will define the status and possibilities of registry into property books of individuals in the other country, the rights which were obtained before the two countries' independence. Matesa and Drnovsek said after the meeting they agreed on a number of principles and basic issues pertaining to the joint nuclear power plant Krsko, which opened up possibilities of signing an agreement regarding the issue. The power plant was constructed jointly by Croatia and Slovenia twenty yea
MOKRICE, June 16 (Hina) - Croatian and Slovene prime ministers
Zlatko Matesa and Janez Drnovsek described their two-hour talks
held in the Mokrice castle (Slovenia) on Wednesday as very
successful. The talks focused on outstanding bilateral issues.
Croatia's Matesa accepted Drnovsek's invitation to officially
visit Slovenia on July 14, at which time an agreement on property
right relations will be harmonised and initialled.
The agreement will define the status and possibilities of registry
into property books of individuals in the other country, the rights
which were obtained before the two countries' independence.
Matesa and Drnovsek said after the meeting they agreed on a number
of principles and basic issues pertaining to the joint nuclear
power plant Krsko, which opened up possibilities of signing an
agreement regarding the issue.
The power plant was constructed jointly by Croatia and Slovenia
twenty years ago, but after they both gained independence, they did
not regulate property and ownership issues with an agreement.
Contentious issues regarding the nuclear power plant culminated
last summer when Slovenia ceased delivering electricity to
Croatia. Although Slovenia overturned its decision, Croatia
refused to accept the power until relations are cleared.
Croatian and Slovene economy ministers Nenad Porges and Tea Petrin
said the agreement in principle related to the need for a 50-50 co-
ownership parity be maintained in Krsko.
The same ratio would pertain to obligations of storing nuclear
waste and its management.
Doubts about the business and requested debts of the power plant
would be investigated by a foreign audit company, and both
countries would use the plant until its envisaged time of expiry,
that is, until the year 2012.
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