Slovenia will block Croatia's entry to Schengen if Zagreb does not start implementing the arbitration decisions (PHOTO)

Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar, at the end of the SEECP meeting, attended by Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, did not rule out the possibility of blocking Croatia's entry into Schengen if Zagreb does not agree to an arbitration decision.

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Cerar reacted to the statement of the President of the Croatian government that Slovenia didn't choose the right path with the announcements against Croatia regarding bilateral border questions and the dispute around the savings of Croatian citizens in 40 bank, and that blockades are not good for solving of those questions.

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Plenkovic also said that Croatia will meet the technical requirements for Schengen and that it is in the interest of Slovenia for it to happen as soon as possible because they will be able to control illegal migrant trends without wires on the border with Croatia. 

- It is of great importance that Slovenia reacts to all these cases in a legal way. If there is mediation or appropriate agreement on arbitration through the European Commission, a new process will begin in terms of approaching the solution. But if there are no appropriate reactions, then Slovenia will have to act legally in both cases - Cerar said.

He said his government insisted that the refusal to apply the arbitration verdict violated the rule of law and that such states could not be in Schengen.

Z vesljem danes na Brdu gostim vrh #SEECP, ki mu #Slovenija predseduje od lanskega julija. Zadali smo si štiri prioritete: podpora politiki širitve #EU, priložnosti za #mladi, #varnost in krepitev sodelovanja na digitalnem področju. #see4future pic.twitter.com/OvkwIkz7B6— dr. Miro Cerar (@MiroCerar) April 24, 2018

- It is a violation of mutual agreements and a violation of the rights by Croatia - Cerar said, adding that Slovenia will oppose with legal procedures that started in both cases.

- A country that does not respect the rule of law is a bad example for the EU and the Western Balkan countries, and disregarding the rule of law means making Schengen more difficult. Therefore, Slovenia must act with legal means - Cerar said.

In the letter to the European Commission, in which Slovenia announced the filing of a lawsuit against Croatia if they did not agree to the implementation of the arbitration solution for the border, Slovenia, according to the media, stated that the Croatian refusal to recognize the arbitration border at sea made it difficult to implement the Schengen rules, the implementation of the European fishing policy and some other European directives.

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(Telegraf.co.uk / Hina)