ZAGREB, March 30, 2019 – Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Saturday that Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) leader Boris Miletić’s statement by that pushing Uljanik into bankruptcy the ruling HDZ party was trying to economically destabilise Istria.
“If the IDS wants to play the game of shifting responsibility, it should ask itself what it has done for Uljanik over the past 30 years and not the last 17 months,” Plenković said on the margins of a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Standing Committee in Zagreb.
Last year the government made a change, “unlike the SDP-led governments, of which the IDS was a member and which issued guarantees for ships that were not built,” said Plenković.
“We did the only right and possible thing, we gave rescue aid in line with guidelines from the European Commission and made it possible to start looking for a suitable restructuring partner,” he said.
Asked about combat aircraft, Plenković said that Croatia was working on enhancing its air force’s capabilities but he could not guarantee that new fighter jets would be bought by the end of his term in office.
Asked if the aircraft purchase would be agreed directly or a new tender would be advertised, he said that having more than one option would be responsible.
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