ARMED INCIDENTS ON THE ADRIATIC SEA AND THE PROBLEM OF FISHING IN YUGOSLAV-ITALIAN RELATIONS 1945-1949 Cover Image

ОРУЖАНИ ИНЦИДЕНТИ НА ЈАДРАНСКОМ МОРУ И ПРОБЛЕМ РИБАРЕЊА У ЈУГОСЛОВЕНСКО-ИТАЛИЈАНСКИМ ОДНОСИМА 1945–1949.
ARMED INCIDENTS ON THE ADRIATIC SEA AND THE PROBLEM OF FISHING IN YUGOSLAV-ITALIAN RELATIONS 1945-1949

Author(s): Miljan Milkić
Subject(s): History, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: Yugoslavia; Italy; fishing boats; the Fisheries Agreement; Ministry of Interior; negotiations; Paece Treaty

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the armed incidents on the Adriatic Sea that were a consequence of the entry of Italian fishing boats into Yugoslav territorial waters. The author points out the political and security implications of not resolving the issue of fishing between Yugoslavia and Italy. The article was written on the basis of unpublished archival sources from the Military Archives in Belgrade, the Archives of Yugoslavia, the Diplomatic Archives in Belgrade, published normative documents and literature in Serbian, English, Slovenian and French. In a situation where many bilateral issues have not been resolved, the issue of fisheries, which is a matter of economic cooperation, has had significant political and security implications. The issue of granting the right to Italian fishermen to fish in Yugoslav territorial waters was a significant argument for the Yugoslav government during the negotiations in resolving other open issues in relations with Italy. The problem of seizing Italian fishing boats was not resolved even after the signing of the Fisheries Agreement in 1949. Yugoslav and Italian representatives continued to consider this issue in an atmosphere of seeking mutual concessions of political and financial concessions.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 164-192
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Serbian