President Nikolic condemns the burning of a Croatian flag

President Nikolic condemns the burning of a Croatian flag

Tomislav Nikolic condemned in the strongest terms the burning of a Croatian flag and underscored that the perpetrators will be punished in line with the law.

The Serbian president made this statement in a message sent to his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic on Thursday.

 

The incident happened on Wednesday, when leader of the Serb Radical Party Vojislav Seselj set the flag on fire.

 

- Serbia's state leadership abhors any disrespect demonstrated toward symbols of any state or people. I believe that you will understand that behind this incident there is no serious policy of anyone, and certainly not of Serbia's top officials - reads the message that his advisor Ivan Mrkic addressed on behalf of Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.

 

Nikolic notes that numerous incidents and flagrant violations of rights happened in Croatia, but the Serbian leadership has not and will not put them at the forefront of its political attention for the sake of preservation of good neighborly relations.

 

Dario Mihelin, advisor to the Croatian president, stated in reaction to this message that Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic thanked for the message, saying she is looking forward to the cooperation, the Serbian president's press service released in a statement.

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