LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The prime ministers of Croatia and Slovenia said Friday their countries have agreed to resume negotiations over the countries' border dispute.
Slovene Prime Minister Borut Pahor said after meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor in Ljubljana, Slovenia, that talks on the border demarcation issue would resume in the European Union for the first time since June 15, the Macedonian International News Agency reported.
Pahor added his government would propose a blockade on Croatia's European Union accession be lifted by parliament's committees on foreign and external affairs.
In late 2008, Slovenia blocked multiple policy chapters in Croatia's EU accession talks.
Kosor responded to Pahor's comments by voicing hope an accession conference could take place by month's end. Documents in Sweden, which holds the EU presidency, have the event tentatively tabbed for Oct. 16, MINA reported.
Kosor said she and Pahor applauded the outcome of Friday's talks, labeling the positive negotiations as the start to a new chapter of Croatian-Slovene relations.
