Croatian, Slovenian PMs, FMs to meet

The Slovenian and Croatian prime ministers and foreign ministers will meet today to discuss the border dispute hampering Zagreb’s EU integration bid.

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Tuesday, 24.02.2009.

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The Slovenian and Croatian prime ministers and foreign ministers will meet today to discuss the border dispute hampering Zagreb’s EU integration bid. After all the planned and unplanned twists and turns in Slovenian policy, which have led to a blockade of Croatia’s European Union and NATO integration, officials from Zagreb and Ljubljana are to meet today in the Slovenian town of Mokrica, near the border between the two countries. Croatian, Slovenian PMs, FMs to meet Judging by initial reports, the EU and NATO expect a lot more from this meeting than the two countries themselves. Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said yesterday that Borut Pahor and Ivo Sanader would be presenting their stances at the meeting, but that there would be no talk of mediation, which is being offered to both countries by the European Commission. Zbogar said that Brussels was the place for such discussions to begin. Meanwhile, signatures for a petition calling for a referendum on Croatia’s NATO membership continue to be collected in Slovenia. The petition was insisted on by a small non-parliamentary party, the Slovenian People’s Party, one of whose leading figures is former football hooligan Andrej Sisko, who is currently in prison, serving a sentence for attempted murder. While the Slovenian prime minister and president are calling on people to reject the petition, the Slovenian People’s Party, which numbers 1,400 members and received 2,626 votes in the last election, said that the petition must be signed to “end the Quisling policies of cooperation with the occupier.”

Croatian, Slovenian PMs, FMs to meet

Judging by initial reports, the EU and NATO expect a lot more from this meeting than the two countries themselves.

Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Žbogar said yesterday that Borut Pahor and Ivo Sanader would be presenting their stances at the meeting, but that there would be no talk of mediation, which is being offered to both countries by the European Commission.

Žbogar said that Brussels was the place for such discussions to begin.

Meanwhile, signatures for a petition calling for a referendum on Croatia’s NATO membership continue to be collected in Slovenia. The petition was insisted on by a small non-parliamentary party, the Slovenian People’s Party, one of whose leading figures is former football hooligan Andrej Šiško, who is currently in prison, serving a sentence for attempted murder.

While the Slovenian prime minister and president are calling on people to reject the petition, the Slovenian People’s Party, which numbers 1,400 members and received 2,626 votes in the last election, said that the petition must be signed to “end the Quisling policies of cooperation with the occupier.”

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