Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec has stated his position regarding the settlement of the issue of Ljubljanska Banka's savings deposits which shows that the Slovenian expert appointed for the issue has not yet informed the Slovenian government about his agreement with the Croatian expert, Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said in Zagreb on Thursday.
She was asked by the press if Erjavec's statements had refuted her statements.
Pusic said the Croatian expert, Zdravko Rogic, had informed the Croatian government about a compromise agreement regarding the bank.
The financial experts have reached an agreement and their task now is to inform their governments, she said, adding that the Croatian government had been informed and that the essence of the agreement "isn't a topic we will talk about publicly."
Financial experts appointed by the Croatian and Slovenian governments have reached a compromise about the transferred savings of Croatian clients from the now defunct Ljubljanska Banka and now it is up to the governments to decide whether to accept this proposal or not, Pusic said yesterday.
She added that it being a compromise, it was not ideal but that in her opinion it was acceptable for Croatia.
Erjavec said yesterday the foreign currency deposits was an issue of succession to the former Yugoslavia and that he expected the Croatian government to withdraw the power of attorney it had given to two Croatian banks to sue Ljubljanska Banka in Croatian courts.
Speaking on Slovenian Television, Erjavec commented on Pusic's statement that the two countries' experts for the LB issue had agreed on a compromise, saying he understood the statement as agreement that Croatia would withdraw the said power of attorney.
