Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić countered that the Croats were “as a satellite, bigger Nazis than the Nazis” in World War II. Belgrade. In the protest note, Serbia expresses its expectation that Croatian politicians will refrain from making statements “that constitute interference in Serbia’s internal affairs,” according to a report by the Hina and Tanjug news agencies. Rather, they should “pursue a policy of reconciliation and good neighborly relations.” The Croatian Foreign Minister’s statements “add to the creation of an atmosphere of hatred towards Serbia and the Serbian people and undermine the common policy of promoting peace and stability in the region,” said the Serbian Foreign Ministry.
“Croatia was Nazi Germany’s most loyal satellite”
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said that no one has the right to teach Serbia lessons, “especially not Croatia.” Serbia and Vučić are “nobody’s satellites”, completely different from Croatia in the past. “The Croatian minister has not learned the lessons of the past or would like to forget that Croatia was the most loyal satellite of Austria-Hungary and Nazi Germany,” Dačić said. In fact, the fascist Croatian vassal state of Nazi Germany “continued to fight even following Hitler’s suicide, until May 15, six days following Germany’s surrender.”
Grlic Radman: Serbia will have to decide
In an interview with the N1 television channel on Saturday, Grlić Radman accused the neighboring country of playing a double game between the EU and Russia. Ultimately, the country will have to choose a side. It is important to distinguish between the Serbian people and the current regime, with President Vučić being a “Russian satellite”. The decision shouldn’t be a big dilemma for Vučić, “because he knows where the support comes from, he knows where the Western Balkans are financed from,” said the Croatian Foreign Minister. “It might be a kind of Russian satellite, but as allies and US partners, we will not allow Russian influence or other malign influence that might undermine the stability of the Western Balkans,” assured the chief diplomat of the most important NATO state in the region.
“Maybe I’m someone’s satellite”
In an initial reaction on Saturday evening, Vučić accused the Croatian Foreign Minister of “brutal interference” in Serbia’s internal affairs. “As usual, he lies and insults the Serbian people and threatens Serbian citizens,” the president said. “Maybe I’m someone’s satellite, but I’ve never been anyone’s errand boy or servant, which can certainly be said of Grlić Radman.”
Croatia and Serbia were part of communist Yugoslavia until 1991. Croatia gained its independence following a bloody four-year war in which it defended itself once morest the Serbian-dominated Yugoslav army. It was not until August 1995 that the occupiers were driven out of the entire national territory. The military operation at the time is considered controversial because it also resulted in war crimes and the expulsion of Serbian civilians. Dealing with the members of the Serbian ethnic group who remain in the country continues to be an extremely sensitive domestic political issue in Croatia. Conversely, Serbia has not yet taken responsibility for the military aggression once morest its neighboring country.
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