Bank for International Settlements in Basel (BIS ) again declined jurisdiction to resolve the problem of transferred savings of Ljubljana Bank , said Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic, after talks with the head of Slovenian diplomacy Karl Erjavec in Bled , on the sidelines of the Bled Strategic Forum. However, the Slovenian Minister Erjavec immediately denied that the BIS declined jurisdiction .
– I have to say that we understand the different letter and answer the Basel Bank. We understand it so that Basel has not declined jurisdiction . I must say that minister and I have agreed that we will meet , then, both I and the Minister , and both financial expert. It is important that this matter is not resolved before the Croatian courts , rather than by succession – said Erjavec .
Two countries has sough from BIS t to engage in problem solving Ljubljana Bank in accordance with the Croatian – Slovenian memorandum from Mokrica , but many experts were expecting from the beginning to the bank in Basel could again refuse mediation because the conditions have not changed since 2010th , when her involvement in the dispute letter asked the then Croatian Finance Minister Ivan Suker.
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Therefore, immediately after the signing of the agreement in Mokrice there has been speculation that this was only a maneuver twhich does not solve anything and only postpones the problem for the time after the Croatian accession to the EU and Slovenia at the same time makes it possible to save face and stop delaying the ratification of the agreement on Croatian accession to the European Community.
BIS is the 2010th refused to intervene because it has concluded that it will not be able to bring ” added value with respect to the amount of time that has passed since past negotiations ” when the succession discussed all the former Yugoslav republics. But the Slovenian side is interpreted differently response BIS and sentence in which the bank has left open the possibility that the governors meet informally on the premises interpreted as openness Bank to mediate in negotiations.
Erjavec said yesterday that a new letter from BIS Slovenian side is interpreted in a similar way , but refused to answer on repeated questions to find out what the letter actually says
