Croatia to withdraw contentious documents?

Croatia has agreed to pull all documents Slovenia contests, if Slovenia stops blocking Croatia's EU ambition.

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Monday, 03.08.2009.

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Croatia has agreed to pull all documents Slovenia contests, if Slovenia stops blocking Croatia's EU ambition. This should come even before there is agreement on the border between the two countries, writes Zagreb daily Nacional. Croatia to withdraw contentious documents? The newspaper reports writes today that the prime ministers of the two countries agreed that Croatia would withdraw the documents from their EU accession documentation if Ljubljana agrees to allow Croatia to continue on its European path before the border dispute has been solved completely. The dispute would then be solved through arbitration. Slovenia believes that the documents in question prejudge the solving of the border dispute and do not want them included in any material going to the EU. If this comes to pass, according to the agreement made between Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and her Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor last week, Slovenia would end its blockade of the Croatian talks with the EU and also back away from its stance that Croatia’s integration can continue only when the border dispute has been settled. However, Nacional writes that the arbitration regarding the border still has no specific form, adding that this will be discussed next week. Meantime, Zagreb is convinced that the agreement made between Kosor and Pahor came as the result of growing pressure from the U.S. on Slovenia, but also on Ljubljana's belief that a deal "will be more easily found with Kosor than with former PM Ivo Sanader, who unlike his successor, has had a lot of experience in foreign policy negotiations".

Croatia to withdraw contentious documents?

The newspaper reports writes today that the prime ministers of the two countries agreed that Croatia would withdraw the documents from their EU accession documentation if Ljubljana agrees to allow Croatia to continue on its European path before the border dispute has been solved completely.

The dispute would then be solved through arbitration.

Slovenia believes that the documents in question prejudge the solving of the border dispute and do not want them included in any material going to the EU.

If this comes to pass, according to the agreement made between Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and her Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor last week, Slovenia would end its blockade of the Croatian talks with the EU and also back away from its stance that Croatia’s integration can continue only when the border dispute has been settled.

However, Nacional writes that the arbitration regarding the border still has no specific form, adding that this will be discussed next week.

Meantime, Zagreb is convinced that the agreement made between Kosor and Pahor came as the result of growing pressure from the U.S. on Slovenia, but also on Ljubljana's belief that a deal "will be more easily found with Kosor than with former PM Ivo Sanader, who unlike his successor, has had a lot of experience in foreign policy negotiations".

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