Brioni Agreement

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The Brioni Agreement is a document signed on the Brioni (Brijuni) islands (near Pula, Croatia) on July 7, 1991 by representatives of the Republic of Slovenia, Republic of Croatia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia under the political sponsorship of the European Community. With this document, the SFRY stopped all hostilities on Slovenian territory, thus ending the Slovenian War while Slovenia and Croatia froze independence activities for a period of three months.

[edit] Participants in the negotiations

The delegation of the EC consisted of foreign ministers of three countries: Hans van den Broek (Netherlands), Jacques Poos (Luxembourg) and João de Deus Pinheiro (Portugal).

The Yugoslav delegation consisted of Ante Marković, the president of the federal government, Petar Gračanin, minister of the interior, Budimir Lončar, minister of foreign affairs, vice-admiral Stane Brovet, assistant to the minister of defense, and members of the collective presidency of the SFRY, without both members of Serbian autonomous districts, but including Dr. Borisav Jović, then president of the presidency of SFRY.

Slovenia was represented by Milan Kučan, president of the presidency of the republic, Lojze Peterle, prime minister, Dimitrij Rupel, minister of foreign affairs, Dr. Janez Drnovšek, then Slovenian representative in the Yugoslav presidency, and Dr. France Bučar, president of the Slovenian parliament.

Croatia was represented by Dr. Franjo Tuđman, president of the republic.