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(8 years ago)The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has proposed a mediator between Slovenia and Croatia, following the rejection of a decision by the Arbitrazhi Court, thus granting Ljubljana sovereignty over the small Gulf of Piran in the Adriatic Sea. “We want to try to mediate between two positions on the basis of the decision [...]
The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has proposed a mediator between Slovenia and Croatia, following the rejection of a decision by the Arbitrazhi Court, thus granting Ljubljana sovereignty over the small Gulf of Piran in the Adriatic Sea.
“We want to try to mediate between the two positions, based on the Arbitrazhi Court's decision”, Juncker stressed for the press, without providing too much detail for the envisioned mediation.
In June, Arbitrazhi's permanent court granted more than two-thirds of Piranian Bay Slovenia, with the goal of ending a discontent dating back to the breakup of Yugoslavia 25 years ago.
The Arbitrazhi court set the 30 December entry date for the verdict.
But, Croatia claiming half of this maritime territory has refused arbitration, and on December 30th morning, three Croatian fishing boats -- accompanied by Croatian police patrol ships -- have entered the waters given to Slovenia by the Court.
Juncker took advantage of a visit to Brussels by Slovenian President Borut Pahor to punish the two neighbours.
“Disagreements between these two countries are very small, very small!”, Juncker stressed alongside Pahor.
“There is no war between Slovenia and Croatia” has added, welcoming their friendly relations.
