Slovenian, Croatian Experts Ponder Common Grounds over Border
The group of Slovenian and Croatian international law experts the governments appointed to find common grounds over the border dispute met in Bled on Wednesday, discussing Slovenia's proposal for an agreement the countries need to sign before seeking the assistance of a third party.
The heads of the commission, Slovenia's Miha Pogacnik and Croatia's Davorin Rudolf, expressed satisfaction about the talks, but said there was still a lot of work ahead.
Pogacnik said the debate about the draft agreement Slovenia put forward at the first session of the commission on 22 April in Rijeka, Croatia, was substantive.
The commission is currently discussing the forum the dispute should be taken to, the rules and the subject of the dispute.
Slovenia proposed the International Court of Justice in The Hague, ad hoc arbitration or the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration as possible options.
Rudolf meanwhile repeated that Croatia found the International Court of Justice the most acceptable.
Pogacnik said he rated the court highly, but that Slovenian proposed three options in order to arrive at an optimal solution, in terms of time and accuracy with which the dispute could be resolved.
Croatia will put forward its draft agreement at the next meeting in Umag, the Croatian seaside town. Rudolf said he did not expect agreement to be reached ahead of the autumn general election in Slovenia.
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