The Slovene premier said on Tuesday that his country supported the continuation of integration processes of the European Union and NATO, and that it particularly backed Croatia in its efforts to become a member of the Union and NATO.
Responding to a question of parliamentarian Aleksander Kirsteins, who asked about relations between Slovenia and Croatia, particularly the situation in the border demarcation, Jansa said that "Slovenia and Croatia have never been at war" and that they had no problems which stemmed from the past.
"There are many more positive things which connect us than those which divide us," the Slovene official said.
He said that open issues were the legacy from the times of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) "when the borderlines were not exactly defined at every spot" with the borderline at sea not being determined.
Jansa said that during the process of gaining independence Croatia and Slovenia agreed to accept the position that the
"Slovenia respects this and asks the same of Croatia," Jansa said.
He added that Slovenia supported Croatia in its efforts to join the EU and NATO because of the stabilisation of the entire region and because Ljubljana believed that then all bilateral outstanding problems would be solved easier.
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer also addressed the Ljubljana meeting today.
He spoke about the transformation of NATO in new conditions, logistical assistance which the alliance and the EU were offering to Africa, and strategic dialogue between Europe and the United States.
The five-day assembly of NATO member countries' parliamentarians will end on Tuesday afternoon with a military exercise called 'Black Dawn'.
Croatia's delegation at this event was led by Kresimir Cosic, who heads also the country's delegation to the NATO parliamentary assembly,