Slovenia Wants Croatia to Enact Reciprocity on Real Estate
The Foreign Ministry has urged Croatia to allow Slovenians to acquire ownership right on property there in line with the stabilisation and association agreement with the EU in which Croatia pledged it would guarantee reciprocity for purchases of real estate by EU citizens.
"This will happen or the agreement cannot apply," Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel told the press on Tuesday. He was responding to claims by the Croatian Foreign Ministry that Slovenia had not sent a diplomatic note notifying Croatia that it had adopted the relevant act which enables reciprocity.
The Slovenian Foreign Ministry said that it had sent the relevant note on 28 June. "Pretending that this did not happen is very short-sighted," Rupel told the press after a meeting with Luxembourg FM Jean Asselborn.
According to the ministry, the note informs Croatia that its citizens and companies can acquire ownership rights on property purchased in Slovenia, which is in line with the 1999 reciprocity act. The ministry says it has received no reply from Croatia yet.
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