Croatia–Slovenia border disputes

Slovenia's prime minister says his country will begin implementing the arbitration decision in the maritime border dispute with Croatia at the end of the week.

This will take place despite the fact that Croatia does not recognize the ruling, Beta reported on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU has received a proposed negotiating position for Chapter 9 in Serbia's EU accession talks, Vecernje novosti reported Monday, quoting a well-informed source in the EU administration.

Slovenian Prime Minister Mirko Cerar on Thursday said that he was cancelling his visit to Zagreb after his Croatian counterpart, Andrej Plenkovic, told the UN in an address that Slovenia had "compromised" international arbitration of their dispute over the Piran Gulf.

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his Slovenian counterpart, Miro Cerar, meeting in New York for the UN General Assembly session, agreed to meet again in Zagreb on September 27 to discuss the dispute over the territorial waters between Croatia and Slovenia in the Piran Gulf.

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković urged fellow EU member Slovenia on Thursday to stop its diplomatic "blackmail" related to a border issue between the two ex-Yugoslav republics and return to dialogue.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarevic is in Warsaw, Poland, where she will discuss the recent Piran Bay decision with US President Donald Trump.

PM Miro Cerar

Today's decision of the arbitration tribunal on the Slovenia-Croatia border is a historic moment for Slovenia. He confirmed the decision is final and legally binding on both countries, but admitted that not all of Slovenia's expectations have been met.

Slovenia has been given three quarters of the Bay of Piran, the Court of Arbitration has ruled.

Slovenia, which has been in dispute with Croatia over its sea border for years, will not have direct access to international waters, but has been granted passage through the Croatian part of the sea in this area.

Ahead of an announced decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on Thursday on the dispute over territorial waters between Croatia and Slovenia, Croatia has made it clear it will not accept the ruling.

A press release issued on behalf of the tribunal by the Permanent Court of Arbitration said that the tribunal had informed Slovenia and Croatia by letter on 29 March that there was no need for any further submissions from the parties in respect of the merits of the case.