Gordan Grlic Radman(BETAPHOTO/HINA/Lana SLIVAR DOMINIC/MO)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's intention to come on an unannounced, private visit to Jasenovac is an act of violating protocols, because a head of state is a protected person, and visits by presidents require official preparations, Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic-Radman said on July 17.
The Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Ministry sent a protest note to Belgrade on July 15, over this case, the minister told the press. The protocol has been violated, said Grli-Radman elaborating that visits by presidents and office-holders must be announced to the host country and require planning for weeks and months.
Grlic-Radman believes that the issue of Vucic’s possible visit to Jasenovac had been made topical in Belgrade for the sake of the ongoing talks on forming the new Serbian government. "We consider this a provocation. Victims are not the goal here, but a means," he said.
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