Serbian and Croatian presidents "did not talk about past"

She made the remark after their meeting in Zagreb on Monday.

Speaking to the media, Grabar-Kitarovic said she was satisfied with the meeting, that according to her, had been under preparation "for months."

"I wanted this meeting to happen under different circumstances, a different climate, but after the escalation of the verbal war I decided to end that, and invite Vucic as soon as possible," she said, apparently referring to the recent diplomatic flareup over an exhibition organized at the UN in New York about the Croatian WW2 death camp Jasenovac.

Grabar-Kitarovic then thanked Vucic for responding to the invitation to improve the burdened relations between Serbia and Croatia, especially due to the past which, she said, they "did not mention for now."

"Our obligation as presidents is to meet, to talk, to solve that which separates us, to find a way to the future, and a future for the entire region of Southeastern Europe," said the Croatian president.

Aleksandar Vucic thanked the Croatian president for her cordial welcome.

"It was not an easy move for you, either, especially given the atmosphere created in Zagreb, throughout Croatia. I congratulate you on the courage, I am confident that people will be able to understand all our political moves," Vucic said.

He added that he had come to Zagreb "to talk, to try to solve problems."

"Serbia and Croatia will have to - whether everyone in Serbia and Croatia wants it or not - have much better relations in the future. We will have to look into the future with different eyes, to think about whether our words will affect the other side, and vice versa," said the president of Serbia and added that the two Balkan countries "will have...