OPTIMISM - PORGES
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ZAGREB, Sept 8 (Hina) - Slovenia's dismissal of most of Croatia's
objections to the Slovene Government regulation on the
reorganisation of Krsko nuclear power plant is a bad start which
offers no reason for optimism in further negotiations, Croatian
Economy Minister Nenad Porges said on Tuesday.
Slovenia today dismissed most of Croatia's 15 objections to its
regulation of 30 July on the transformation of Krsko nuclear power
plant into a Slovene public company, which has practically left
Croatia out of the plant's management structure.
The Slovene power supplier Eles has rejected a request by the
Croatian Power Supply (HEP) for Slovenia to pay US $8.6 million of
costs caused by the month-long stoppage of electricity supply from
Krsko.
The Croatian objections have been accepted only partially because
Slovenia wants to secure the modernisation of the plant, the
Slovene media reported today.
If no solution is found, Croatia will not exclude the possibility of
the international arbitration for investment disputes from
Washington making the final decision in the dispute, Porges said in
tonight's interview with the Croatian Television central news
broadcast.
Croatia insists that the dispute is between the plant's co-
investors and co-owners, Porges said.
Several months ago, Croatia presented its views on an inter-state
agreement, based on the original documents from 1970, 1974 and
1980. These documents represent a solid basis for further
negotiations, which have been considerably derogated by the
Slovene regulation, which puts the HEP into an unfavourable
position, Porges said.
"We expect our legal experts to carefully analyse the current
situation and give their verdict, after which we will make a formal
statement," Porges said.
The Slovene Economy Ministry has proposed in a letter to the
Croatian Economy Ministry that a meeting be held as early as this
week, so that unclear points regarding the regulation be
clarified.
The first official meeting of the Croatian and Slovene state
delegations, which are working on the inter-state agreement on the
Krsko plant, should be held in mid September.
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