ZAGREB

ZAGREB - Croatia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic has said that Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's statements, after Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj set a Croatian flag on fire, are seen as a step toward the easing of tensions.

Vulin and Matic provoked a diplomatic scandal between Serbia and Croatia

Croatian Minister for Defenders Predrag Matic has advised Serbian Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin "to go get medical treatment."

Matic was commenting on a statement made by Vulin earlier on Wednesday, and explained that his recommendation applied "both to Vojislav Seselj and Vulin."

Croatian ambassador to return to Belgrade "after Easter"

BELGRADE -- Croatia's ambassador will return to Belgrade from his consultations in Zagreb "immediately after Easter," it has been announced.

This refers to the Catholic calendar, according to which Easter is marked on April 5. The Croatian foreign minister said on Thursday the ambassador would return on April 7.

BELGRADE - Head of the Democratic Party (DS) parliamentary group Borislav Stefanovic said Thursday that he supports the prime minister in his stance that Serbian charge d'affaires in Zagreb should not be recalled to Belgrade for consultations.

After publicly burning the Croatian flag, Serbian war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj provoked Zagreb further by saying he wanted to return to Croatia “armed, on a tank”.

BELGRADE - The president of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia, Miodrag Linta, condemned Wednesday's incident in which leader of the Radical Party of Serbia Vojislav Seselj set fire to a Croatian flag in front of the Palace of Justice in Belgrade, as this harms Serbia's international reputation and normalization of relations with Croatia.

BELGRADE - The president of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia, Miodrag Linta, condemned Wednesday's incident in which leader of the Radical Party of Serbia Vojislav Seselj set fire to a Croatian flag in front of the Palace of Justice in Belgrade, as this harms Serbia's international reputation and normalization of relations with Croatia.

Serbian minister told to "get medical treatment"

BELGRADE -- Croatian Minister for Defenders Predrag Matic has advised Serbian Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin "to go get medical treatment."

Matic was commenting on a statement made by Vulin earlier on Wednesday, and explained that his recommendation applied "both to Vojislav Seselj and Vulin."

BRATISLAVA - Serbia will not recall its ambassador from Croatia nor send any negative signal to Croatia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said late Wednesday.

"I think that Serbia and Croatia need to cooperate far better," Vucic told Radio-Television of Serbia in Bratislava.

PM: Serbia will not recall ambassador from Croatia

BRATISLAVA -- Serbia will not recall its ambassador from Croatia nor send any negative signal to Croatia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said late on Wednesday.

"I think that Serbia and Croatia need to cooperate far better," Vucic told Radio-Television of Serbia in Bratislava, Slovakia.