ZAGREB, Jan 24 (Hina) - The government will not accept anything that is in contravention of Croatia's interests, Agriculture and Water Management Minister Petar Cobankovic said during Question Time in parliament on Wednesday
responding to a Social Democratic Party deputy about the government's position on the Bosnian Serb entity's plans to build hydroelectric power plants in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina.
ZAGREB, Jan 24 (Hina) - The government will not accept anything
that is in contravention of Croatia's interests, Agriculture and Water
Management Minister Petar Cobankovic said during Question Time in parliament on
Wednesday responding to a Social Democratic Party deputy about the
government's position on the Bosnian Serb entity's plans to build hydroelectric
power plants in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina. Dams and power plants
may reduce the influx of water into the Neretva River, which passes through
both countries, and will allow sea-water to enter the river.
Today's debate in the parliament was marked by the exchange of
sarcastic remarks between SDP deputy Ivica Pancic and Prime Minister Ivo
Sanader.
Minister Cobankovic recalled that in 1996 the governments of Croatia
and Bosnia-Herzegovina had established a joint commission whose bodies are
dealing, among other things, with the protection of rivers flowing into the
Adriatic Sea.
Croatia has asked for comprehensive documentation regarding the Upper
Horizons project, Cobankovic said stressing that Zagreb would not accept
anything contrary to the country's interests.