BRUSSELS, April 24 – RIA Novosti, Alexander Shishlov. Czech Republic Presidency of the EU to postpone the intergovernmental conference, designed to assess the progress of Croatia on the way in the EU, after the representatives of Slovenia and Croatia is once again not able to make a breakthrough in resolving the bilateral dispute on the border, told the radio station Contact.
According to her information, the new date for the conference will depend on positive development in the negotiations.
apple of discord between Slovenia and Croatia became a dispute about the line of marine Croatian-Slovenian border in Piran Bay of the Adriatic Sea. The parties could not overcome their differences since 1991, when the two republics of the former Yugoslavia declared their independence.
Slovenia, an EU member, has blocked the entry of Croatia in this regional organization, demanding a settlement of the dispute.
European Commissioner by Olli Rehn, EU enlargement at a meeting on Wednesday in Brussels with the Foreign Ministers of Slovenia and Croatia, the parties presented a new compromise proposal to resolve inter-state boundary dispute, which has not been disclosed.
was supported by the so-called presidential trio – Czech Republic Presidency of the EU, the forthcoming Swedish presidency and previously held the seat from the EU countries of France, called on the parties to find a speedy solution.
Slovenia and Croatia before the European Commission have agreed to mediation in resolving the border dispute.
Croatian authorities have calculated that their country will become EU member in 2011, until recently, the need to address the problem of the international court of Justice in The Hague.
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