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Border arbitration between Croatia, Slovenia not in EC jurisdiction: spokesman

Xinhua, July 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

The arbitration on border between Croatia and Slovenia was not in the jurisdiction of the European Commission (EC), a Croatian government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Nikola Jelic made the comment when he reacted to the European Commission's statement that the Arbitration Tribunal would continue to operate even if Croatia withdraws, according to the Croatian News Agency Hina.

Jelic said the arbitration deal is a bilateral agreement between two equal members of the European Union.

On Wednesday Croatian parliament unanimously adopted the decision to exit the border arbitration with Slovenia due to the lobbying issue.

On last Wednesday, Zagreb-based daily newspaper Vecernji list published transcripts and audio tapes revealing Slovenian representative on the arbitral tribunal Jernej Sekolec and Slovenian Foreign Ministry employee Simona Drenik had discussed lobbying other judges in the tribunal to influence the outcome of the arbitration in Slovenia's favor.

Croatia and Slovenia signed an arbitration agreement on the borders on Nov. 4, 2009, which entered into force on Nov. 29, 2010. Endit