MP: I Did Not Expect Much from the Meeting

The head of the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) party said the meeting of prime ministers is important in solving the dispute.

ZAGREB, CROATIA – The president of the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) party, Ivan Jakovcic, commented on Tuesday’s meeting between Croatian and Slovene prime ministers Ivo Sanader and Borut Pahor. He said he did not expect much from the meeting at all, although it is good that it happened because “without dialogue there is no solution to any problem, including the Croatian-Slovene dispute”. 

Jakovcic said he thinks Slovenia I aware it is in a dead-end street. But he added that he hoped that the recent events between Ljubljana and Slovenia will be overcome through dialogue.

- Croatia is faced with a kind of Slovenian ultimatum which it cannot accept – Jakovcic said, adding that he was for an international court solving the entire case.