BELGRADE -- Serbian and Croatian Presidents Boris Tadić and Ivo Josipović said that they are ready to work on solving all open questions between the two countries.
BELGRADE -- Serbian and Croatian Presidents Boris Tadić and Ivo Josipović said that they are ready to work on solving all open questions between the two countries.
Source: B92
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Josipović said that he supports the path of all of Croatia’s neighbors toward the European Union, while Tadić said that Serbia wants the best possible relations with Croatia.
Tadić also said that he supports an out-of-court settlement of the genocide law suits filed by both countries against one another to the International Court of Justice.
He said that some more important open questions between the two countries are the return of refugees, the protection of their property, and the solving if their housing issues, as well as the protection of the Serbian language in Croatia, but also in other regional countries, as well as the question of cultural identity.
Tadić said that an atmosphere of reconciliation between Serbia and Croatia is necessary, and that all the remaining missing persons in Serbia and Croatia must be found and eventually exhumed and given proper burials.
Tadić said that he and Josipović also talked about economic cooperation, adding that there were talks about cooperation in the field of infrastructure as well.
Josipović agreed with Tadić that the issue of missing persons is one of the most pressing between the two countries.
He said that Serbia would be giving Croatia documents related to events in the Vukovar hospital during the war in order to help in trying to locate these missing persons.
He agreed with Tadić that a “non-typical agreement” must be reached as far as state borders are concerned, though he did not given any details as to what that might include. Josipović said that if such a solution is not found, then arbitration would be needed.
Josipović said that he and Tadić also talked about regional questions and cooperation in the fields of culture, sport and science between Serbia and Croatia.
The Croatian president will also be meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković and other senior Serbian officials while in Belgrade. He would also hold meetings with Croatian minority leaders in Serbia and members of the non-governmental sector.
The two presidents will head to Subotica after the meetings in Belgrade, where they would be attending the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Alliance of Croatians in Vojvodina.
Croatian Interior Minister Tomislav Karamarko is one of the members of Josipović’s delegation during his visit and will be holding talks with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dačić as well.
The principal question is does Tadic act as the leader of Serb national interests and does he persue them.The answer here is no.Wise to others definately. He eagerly always apologies to others.Has Josipovic apologised for the past.Of course not.
Wise? hardly! Craven yes! working for others ? Yes!
What has he achieved for Serb interests? A demoralised country whose economy, foreign and internal policy show increasing evidence of collapse.
(Nik, 18 July 2010 18:08)
Serbia and Croatia have no choice but to establish good relations based on cooperation. No time to lose with the past; it's gone and we cannot change it, but we cal all make a better future in the Balkans. Let's work together unto it, Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks.
(Gladko, 18 July 2010 16:01)
Serbia and Croatia have no choice but to establish good relations based on cooperation. No time to lose with the past; it's gone and we cannot change it, but we cal all make a better future in the Balkans. Let's work together unto it, Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks.
(Gladko, 18 July 2010 16:01)
The principal question is does Tadic act as the leader of Serb national interests and does he persue them.The answer here is no.Wise to others definately. He eagerly always apologies to others.Has Josipovic apologised for the past.Of course not.
Wise? hardly! Craven yes! working for others ? Yes!
What has he achieved for Serb interests? A demoralised country whose economy, foreign and internal policy show increasing evidence of collapse.
(Nik, 18 July 2010 18:08)
The principal question is does Tadic act as the leader of Serb national interests and does he persue them.The answer here is no.Wise to others definately. He eagerly always apologies to others.Has Josipovic apologised for the past.Of course not.
Wise? hardly! Craven yes! working for others ? Yes!
What has he achieved for Serb interests? A demoralised country whose economy, foreign and internal policy show increasing evidence of collapse.
(Nik, 18 July 2010 18:08)
Serbia and Croatia have no choice but to establish good relations based on cooperation. No time to lose with the past; it's gone and we cannot change it, but we cal all make a better future in the Balkans. Let's work together unto it, Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks.
(Gladko, 18 July 2010 16:01)