ZAGREB, 21 January 2021 - Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman on Thursday called on members of the Croatian parliament to support the government-sponsored amendment to parliament's resolution on the declaration of an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic under which it would enter into force on 1 February.
"In that way we will create conditions for the declaration of an Exclusive Economic Zone to which Croatia is fully entitled under international law," Grlić Radman said in parliament.
On 18 December 2020, parliament endorsed the proposal to declare an EEZ in the Adriatic Sea, mandating the government to support stronger cooperation between Croatia, Italy and Slovenia at a trilateral meeting in January this year following the announcement by Italy that it would declare an EEZ in the Adriatic in 2021.
On 14 January this year, the government submitted an amendment specifying that the Croatian parliament resolution would enter into force on 1 February.
The trilateral meeting took place in Trieste on 19 December, when a joint statement was adopted reaffirming the vision of the Adriatic Sea as a bridge that unites all the nations in the region and as a source of wealth and prosperity for all.
The first trilateral meeting at expert level is scheduled for 29 January this year and will be held by video conference. It will prepare the ground for a ministerial meting in March, Grlić Radman said.
