Bosnian Justice Minister Josip Grubesa said that Croatia cannot make decisions on Bosnia’s property, unilaterally. His comment comes after the Law on State Property Management was adopted on Friday in the Croatian Parliament. The Law allows for the management of property owned by other states formed by the breakup of Yugoslavia.

“Croatia has the right to regulate legal issues in the territory of its own country, but we believe that the issue of property protected by the Annex G of the Agreement on Succession Issues should certainly be dealt with on a bilateral basis with representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Minister Grubesa said in a statement to the media.

He also called for the signing of the Agreement on the Settlement of Property and Legal Relations between Bosnia and Croatia.  

He added that this is a “legal issue between the two sovereign states and their representatives cannot solve this problem unilaterally, but it is necessary to solve it diplomatically.”  

The Croatian Parliament passed the Law on State Property Management on Friday, which will allow the competent ministry to control and manage real estates in which camps, land with plans for the construction of golf courses, hotels, and other tourist services are found.  

The two countries, Croatia and Bosnia, began negotiations on the conclusion of the Property and Legal Relations Agreement back in 1997, but it has never been concluded.