Goran Grlic Radman (Photo: HINA / Damir Sencar)
Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlic-Radman said during a Nov. 24 visit to Sarajevo that if Serbia wanted to accelerate its accession to the European Union (EU) and build regional stability, it should not shun cooperation and use Cold-War strategies in its relations with foreign states.
Responding to a reporter’s question during his visit to Sarajevo, Grlic-Radman said that “it is regrettable that Serbia has expelled the first secretary of the Embassy of Croatia in Belgrade, Hrvoje Snajder, all the more so as no reasons were stated in its decision,” the HINA agency reported.
Grlic-Radman said that “good neighborly relations cannot be built” on such decisions, and that “it also sends a poor message as to the values and criteria to be applied on the path to EU membership.”
“It is a shame that Serbia has chosen this path, especially now that it wants to join the EU. It is necessary to work on friendly relations between the countries of the Western Balkans and promote regional stability. This resembles Cold-War rhetoric,” the minister cautioned, adding that Croatia “has been waiting for quite a while for Serbia” to respond to invitations for meetings to discuss specific issues in the domain of bilateral relations.
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