New proposal in Croatia-Slovenia dispute

EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn has presented a new plan to resolve the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute, which is blocking Zagreb’s EU integration.

Izvor: Beta

Thursday, 26.03.2009.

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EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn has presented a new plan to resolve the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute, which is blocking Zagreb’s EU integration. Rehn said that the two countries would evaluate the proposal and that a meeting was planned for next week. The details of the proposal have yet to be made public. New proposal in Croatia-Slovenia dispute Rehn said that the European Commission viewed the dispute as a bilateral issue, but that it would try to mediate in order to support Croatia’s integration at a time when support for EU enlargement is fading drastically. He told a press conference that Croatia still had hope of finishing its association negotiations by the end of 2009, but that the “clock is ticking,” and called on Zagreb to continue with the necessary reforms. The dispute between Ljubljana and Zagreb, along with the plans to enlarge the EU to the Western Balkans, will be discussed at the next meeting of EU foreign ministers scheduled for Friday and Saturday in the Czech Republic. Olli Rehn (Beta)

New proposal in Croatia-Slovenia dispute

Rehn said that the European Commission viewed the dispute as a bilateral issue, but that it would try to mediate in order to support Croatia’s integration at a time when support for EU enlargement is fading drastically.

He told a press conference that Croatia still had hope of finishing its association negotiations by the end of 2009, but that the “clock is ticking,” and called on Zagreb to continue with the necessary reforms.

The dispute between Ljubljana and Zagreb, along with the plans to enlarge the EU to the Western Balkans, will be discussed at the next meeting of EU foreign ministers scheduled for Friday and Saturday in the Czech Republic.

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