The meeting between the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenković, and the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borjana Krišto, began today in Zagreb.
After the meeting, which is held in Banski dvori, an announcement is planned.
At the working dinner of the Government of Croatia and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zagreb, there was a disagreement about the item on the agenda of tomorrow’s joint session, which refers to the issue of the nuclear and radioactive waste disposal site on Trgovska Gora.
BHRT learns that no agreement has been reached on the text of the conclusion on this point. Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Staša Košarac did not attend the working dinner, and Security Minister Nenad Nešić says that the ministers from Republika Srpska will not participate in the joint session, if the item on Trgovska Gora is not on the agenda.
It is possible that the issue of Trgovska gora can be raised under the miscellaneous item, but the question is whether Košarac and Nešić will agree to it.
The Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zukan Helez said before the trip to Zagreb that there will be 45 items on the agenda of the session.
“There are points that are of a protocol nature. The largest number relate to the connection, that is, the establishment of new border crossings for the needs of the local population. There are several open issues between BiH and the Republic of Croatia. One is current, and that is the disposal of waste on Trgovska Gora, and solving the problems of people living in parts of Banja Luka, towards Bihac, Krajina. Then we have two water reservoirs, Buško blato, where Croatia should return part of the money from it, and the other, Gornji Horizonti, which is to the detriment of Croatia,” he said.
He states that the sea border between the two countries has not yet been regulated, that is, BiH’s access to the open sea, and that the issue of the two islets should also be open.
“Also, Bosnia and Herzegovina has significant property in Croatia that is now being used quite illegally by the citizens or the state of Croatia. These are all issues on which we will open discussions,” Helez said.
When it comes to cooperation between the defense ministries of the two countries, Helez announced that Bosnia and Herzegovina is interested in the radar, which has been used by Croatia until now, and which would cover Bosnia and Herzegovina sky. Croatia no longer needs a radar, since it is now a member of NATO.
