The statement, released on the ministry's web site, was in response to a Sunday report on Slovene Television which quoted a state secretary at the Croatian Foreign Ministry, Hido Biscevic, as saying that Zagreb had not received a diplomatic note about Slovenia adopting a law enabling Croatian nationals to buy real estate in Slovenia thus meeting the condition of reciprocity.
The Slovene ministry said that on June 28 it had sent a diplomatic note to Croatia informing it officially that a law on this matter had taken effect. The law defines conditions for the acquisition of ownership rights by physical and legal persons from EU candidate-countries over real estate in Slovenia.
The Slovene ministry goes on to say that on September 28 it sent Croatia a note officially requesting information on a contact person who could provide Slovene nationals and legal persons with additional information regarding the consent of a relevant Croatian institution, but that it still had not received a reply.
The ministry said it expected Croatia to implement the necessary legal procedure as soon as possible and enable physical and legal persons from Slovenia to acquire real estate in Croatia.