Croatia sent a note of protest to Serbia

"The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs strongly condemns the scandalous act of a member of the delegation led by the State Secretary in the Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government of the Republic of Serbia during his visit to the Republic of Croatia and sending messages that insult the Republic of Croatia in the most rude way", Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs stated, after the visit of Milo Stojkovi, the commissioner of the Orthodox monastery Hilandar for humanitarian work.
The protest note followed the publication of a video from the Knin fortress on which Milo Stojkovi said "now we are in our Krajina, long live Serbia, long live Krajina, long live Serbian Krajina". The video was soon removed from social networks.
The video shows Stojakovic saying: "they are celebrating the so-called Storm here, they are celebrating the persecution of the Serbian people. And we are here to show them that this is Serbian Krajina after all. Their flag is on top here, and God will allow us to return ours one day".
Stojkovi stayed in Knin, Kistanje and Djevrske as part of the humanitarian action carried out by the "United Serbia" organization. It is a humanitarian caravan that aims to tour the Serbian population with an emphasis on promoting peace and tolerance.
The statement of the Croatian Ministry also expresses "regret that these unacceptable statements come from a person who was part of the official delegation from the Republic of Serbia, for which we expect an official apology". It was also announced that the ibenik-Knin Police Department will conduct an investigation in order to determine the facts and circumstances for further measures within the competence of the police, and a protest note will be handed to the...

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