Ljubljana, Zagreb in new diplomatic spat
Ljubljana has delivered an angry protest note to Zagreb after Croatian fighter planes encroached on Slovenian airspace eight days ago.
Saturday, 27.06.2009.
12:47
Ljubljana has delivered an angry protest note to Zagreb after Croatian fighter planes encroached on Slovenian airspace eight days ago. No apology from Zagreb has been forthcoming. Ljubljana, Zagreb in new diplomatic spat It comes after two Croatian MIG 21s made an unannounced incursion into Slovenian airspace on June 19, which prompted the Foreign Ministry in Ljubljana to dispatch a protest note to the Croatian embassy, Slovenian media report. At the time, the Slovenian Center for Air Traffic Control issued a warning to the Croatian planes, who entered Slovenian airspace over the municipality of Lendava. The pilots then identified themselves in line with procedure and left Slovenian airspace within a minute of receiving the warning. The Slovenian Foreign Ministry, which says that the planes had been escorting a Chinese delegation that had been on a state visit to Croatia, intends to report the incident to NATO High Command, which is responsible for protecting Slovenian airspace. Slovenian daily Dnevnik states that the incident was not made public to prevent further straining the atmosphere over the border dispute between the two countries. Following the incident, Slovenian MEP Jelko Kacin said that Croatia’s conduct was not conducive to accelerating its EU integration process. “The theatrical incursion into our airspace that Croatia permitted itself, by abusing the military escort of a Chinese protocol state aircraft, is an abuse of that state and, at the same time, a display of arrogance that cannot be practice either in the EU or NATO,” said Kacin, adding that a week had passed and Croatia had still to apologize for the incident. He stressed that a sovereign state could not turn a blind eye to such incidents.
Ljubljana, Zagreb in new diplomatic spat
It comes after two Croatian MIG 21s made an unannounced incursion into Slovenian airspace on June 19, which prompted the Foreign Ministry in Ljubljana to dispatch a protest note to the Croatian embassy, Slovenian media report.At the time, the Slovenian Center for Air Traffic Control issued a warning to the Croatian planes, who entered Slovenian airspace over the municipality of Lendava. The pilots then identified themselves in line with procedure and left Slovenian airspace within a minute of receiving the warning.
The Slovenian Foreign Ministry, which says that the planes had been escorting a Chinese delegation that had been on a state visit to Croatia, intends to report the incident to NATO High Command, which is responsible for protecting Slovenian airspace.
Slovenian daily Dnevnik states that the incident was not made public to prevent further straining the atmosphere over the border dispute between the two countries.
Following the incident, Slovenian MEP Jelko Kacin said that Croatia’s conduct was not conducive to accelerating its EU integration process.
“The theatrical incursion into our airspace that Croatia permitted itself, by abusing the military escort of a Chinese protocol state aircraft, is an abuse of that state and, at the same time, a display of arrogance that cannot be practice either in the EU or NATO,” said Kacin, adding that a week had passed and Croatia had still to apologize for the incident.
He stressed that a sovereign state could not turn a blind eye to such incidents.
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