Parliament resumed its tenth session today with a report on events on the Croatian-Slovene border, particularly the sea border.
Buconic said incidents began escalating in 2002, when the border was violated 65 times, which prompted the reaching of an agreement on a fishermen's code of conduct in September. He added that from then until May 2004, when Slovenia joined the European Union, there were virtually no border incidents, but they escalated when Slovenia, upon becoming a Union member, stopped abiding by the code of conduct.
Buconic said the incidents which occurred since May were characterised by the fact that the border was often violated also by Slovene police boats which either escorted Slovene fishing boats or approached Croatian fishermen in Croatian waters telling them they were in Slovene waters.
Buconic said Croatian police would take action every time the border in Savudrija Bay in the northern Adriatic was violated.
He also recalled major incidents which occurred recently, saying that one occurred on the land border today.
After Buconic's address, the session was interrupted at the request of deputies' clubs. The opposition was unhappy with the announcement that Parliament would debate the new stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund in the afternoon, when sessions are not televised.