The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia rejected today Montenegro's complaint that it committed a "unilateral act" because it attached its geographical maps to the concession documentation for carbon dioxide research in the Adriatic, without consulting Podgorica.
"Croatia is violating absolutely nothing," said ministry spokeswoman Danijela Barišić, reports Beta.
She referred to the documentation from the competition, which "clearly states the international agreements that Croatia has concluded with neighboring countries, which regulate the demarcation at sea", according to the announcement.
Previously, Slovenia also lodged an objection, which believes that Croatia's recently announced public tender for a concession for the exploration and exploitation of carbon dioxide in the Adriatic unilaterally prejudices the solution of the maritime border issue.
It says that "with Slovenia, the border issue at sea is currently subject to arbitration", and with Montenegro, "the protocol between the government and the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on the temporary regime along the southern border between the two states, from 2002" is mentioned.
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