LJUBLJANA/BRUSSELS, Sept 2 (Hina) - Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel has again sent a letter to a number of European Union officials in Brussels, protesting against Croatia's plans to declare an economic zone in the Adriatic
Sea, Slovene media reported on Tuesday afternoon, quoting Slovene diplomatic sources in Brussels.
LJUBLJANA/BRUSSELS, Sept 2 (Hina) - Slovene Foreign Minister
Dimitrij Rupel has again sent a letter to a number of European Union
officials in Brussels, protesting against Croatia's plans to
declare an economic zone in the Adriatic Sea, Slovene media
reported on Tuesday afternoon, quoting Slovene diplomatic sources
in Brussels. #L#
The state news agency STA reports that Rupel has written to European
Union commissioners Guenter Verheugen and Chris Patten, who are in
charge of the EU enlargement and foreign policy, the EU Council of
Ministers' secretary-general Javier Solana, and Italian Foreign
Minister Franco Frattini in his capacity as head of diplomacy of the
country chairing the EU.
Slovene diplomats in Brussels say that EU officials unofficially
have big reservations about Slovenia's interventions and that they
are in contact with both sides. However, they warn that the EU has no
direct mechanism of mediation when it comes to the proclamation of
sea zones or border disputes, and advise restraint and diplomatic
steps, Slovene Radio reported.
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