Thus it is that bilateral questions sometimes, regrettably, are coloured by the cloud of revanchism and regional rivalry.

Slovenia has supported Croatia's entry in the European Union, but has at times demanded that the opened bilateral questions be resolved before Croatia's accession to the Union.

However, in an official joint statement Shar "and Genscher stated only that they had discussed" the situation in the Middle East, the state of the Middle East peace process and bilateral questions".

The second point is that we must say loud and clear that the bilateral problems which currently concern us, at least the procedure, the process, should be resolved in the same way as bilateral questions; in future, they should be dealt with before negotiations commence, so that they do not encumber the entire negotiation procedure.