The Association of Lipica Friends Warns against Slovene-Austrian Agreement

Ljubljana, 18 July - The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry has drawn up a draft bilateral agreement on the Lipizzaner, which is expected to be signed shortly by Minister Ciril Smrkolj and his Austrian counterpart Wilhelm Molterer, the Association of Lipica Friends said on Tuesday and added: "If the agreement is signed, Slovenia will waste all the chance to excercise its historical rights to Lipizzaners in international relations."