Vucic, Pupovac: Remove burden, ease tension in communication

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Milorad Pupovac, president of Croatia's Serb National Council, said Tuesday there was a need to ease tensions and remove a burden on communication between Belgrade and Zagreb.

Meeting with Pupovac in Belgrade, Vucic noted the Serbian government's and his own commitment to solving all issues in bilateral relations through dialogue between the two countries without public confrontations.

Thanking Vucic, Pupovac conveyed the support of the ethnic Serb community in Croatia for a calming of the present public tensions.

He also backed Vucic's readiness to meet with Croatian officials as soon as possible, noting the political significance and benefits of his recent meeting with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic on the position of the Serb and Croat minorities in Croatia and Serbia, respectively.