France puts Thaci close to Putin during WW1 ceremony scandal

In Serbia, many are today commenting on this decision of the organizer, some calling it scandalous, while the media also write about "only the alphabetic order" being important.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who was also present at the event, said that "the protocol certainly did not reflect the balance of power."

When asked for comment on the fact some regional leaders were among the world's five most powerful countries represented at the ceremony, he noticed that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci won the best position of all in the region.

"The president of Croatia was standing there, I could understand, because it has to do with the alphabet. There might have been some sense to it, although they (Croati) were in the First World War on the opposite side (of the victors). There was no Austria near the five, but near me... ", said Vucic.

Dean of the Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade Professor Dr. Dragan Simic told Prva TV on Monday that a truly big scandal had occurred in Paris when it comes to the seating of the invitees.

As he added, this is in some way a revision of history, because in 1918 "some other victors were sitting in the front row."

"When it comes to the First World War, Serbia deserves the first row, along with France, Great Britain, the countries who won the First World War. And maybe three, four countries in the first row, and then everyone else. Maybe there was no place for anybody there. Some really did not exist as a state at that time," Simic said.

He stressed, however, that efforts should be made to reconcile - but if what is not equal is being made equal at any price, then that leads to injustice.

"French President Emmanuel Macron will come to Belgrade...