We Have Achieved Good Result, PM Says

Ljubljana, 6 June - Prime Minister Borut Pahor labelled the outcome of Sunday's referendum on the border arbitration treaty with Croatia "a big victory for Slovenia", saying that the pro camp had "achieved a good result".

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

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Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Coalition Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) (centre) addressing the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

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Coalition Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) (centre) addressing the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

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Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

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Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

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Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) talking to the press alongside other coalition leaders after preliminary referendum results came in.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Coalition leaders Karl Erjavec (Pensioners' Party), Borut Pahor (Social Democrats), Gregor Golobic (Zares) and Katarina Kresal (Liberal Democrats) giving a statement after the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration agreement with Croatia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Coalition leaders Karl Erjavec (Pensioners' Party), Borut Pahor (Social Democrats), Gregor Golobic (Zares) and Katarina Kresal (Liberal Democrats) giving a statement after the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration agreement with Croatia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor is happy after preliminary results show that Slovenia has backed the border arbitration agreement with Croatia in a referendum. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Prime Minister Borut Pahor is happy after preliminary results show that Slovenia has backed the border arbitration agreement with Croatia in a referendum.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Coalition leaders Karl Erjavec (Pensioners' Party), Borut Pahor (Social Democrats), Gregor Golobic (Zares) and Katarina Kresal (Liberal Democrats) giving a statement after the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration agreement with Croatia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Coalition leaders Karl Erjavec (Pensioners' Party), Borut Pahor (Social Democrats), Gregor Golobic (Zares) and Katarina Kresal (Liberal Democrats) giving a statement after the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration agreement with Croatia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Coalition party leaders waiting for referendum results. From left to right: Zares president Gregor Golobic, LibDems leader Katarina Kresal, Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) frontman Karl Erjavec and Social Democrats president Borut Pahor. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

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Coalition party leaders waiting for referendum results.
From left to right: Zares president Gregor Golobic, LibDems leader Katarina Kresal, Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) frontman Karl Erjavec and Social Democrats president Borut Pahor.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor talking to the press as the coalition parties wait for results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Slovenia. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

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Prime Minister Borut Pahor talking to the press as the coalition parties wait for results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Slovenia.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana Coalition party leaders waiting for referendum results. From left to right: Zares president Gregor Golobic, LibDems leader Katarina Kresal, Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) frontman Karl Erjavec and Social Democrats president Borut Pahor. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana
Coalition party leaders waiting for referendum results.
From left to right: Zares president Gregor Golobic, LibDems leader Katarina Kresal, Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) frontman Karl Erjavec and Social Democrats president Borut Pahor.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Coalition party leaders waiting for referendum results. From left to right: Zares president Gregor Golobic, LibDems leader Katarina Kresal, Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) frontman Karl Erjavec and Social Democrats president Borut Pahor. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana
Coalition party leaders waiting for referendum results.
From left to right: Zares president Gregor Golobic, LibDems leader Katarina Kresal, Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) frontman Karl Erjavec and Social Democrats president Borut Pahor.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Speaker Pavel Gantar (left) and Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) leader Karl Erjavec (right) waiting for the referendum results alongside other coalition leaders, cabinet members, MPs. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

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Speaker Pavel Gantar (left) and Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) leader Karl Erjavec (right) waiting for the referendum results alongside other coalition leaders, cabinet members, MPs.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor talking to the press as the coalition parties wait for results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Slovenia. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

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Prime Minister Borut Pahor talking to the press as the coalition parties wait for results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Slovenia.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana Coalition leaders, cabinet members and coalition MPs waiting for the results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration agreement with Croatia. From left to right: Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar, Environment and Spatial Planning Minister Roko Zarnic, Zares deputy Franco Juri, Interior Minister Katarina Kresal and Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) leader Karl Erjavec. Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

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Coalition leaders, cabinet members and coalition MPs waiting for the results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration agreement with Croatia.
From left to right: Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar, Environment and Spatial Planning Minister Roko Zarnic, Zares deputy Franco Juri, Interior Minister Katarina Kresal and Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) leader Karl Erjavec.
Photo: Matej Leskovsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor waiting for the results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Slovenia. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

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Prime Minister Borut Pahor waiting for the results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Slovenia.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) talking to the press as the coalition parties wait for results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Slovenia. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

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Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) talking to the press as the coalition parties wait for results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Slovenia.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana Social Democrats deputy Milan Potrc (left) and Speaker Pavel Gantar waiting for the referendum results. Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

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Social Democrats deputy Milan Potrc (left) and Speaker Pavel Gantar waiting for the referendum results.
Photo: Tina Kosec/STA

Ljubljana Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar waiting for the results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Croatia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar waiting for the results of the referendum on Slovenia's border arbitration accord with Croatia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar talking to the press as the referendum polls close after Slovenians voted about its border arbitration accord with Croatia. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar talking to the press as the referendum polls close after Slovenians voted about its border arbitration accord with Croatia.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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