Croat officials halt Serbia visit over far-right incident - News Summed Up

Croat officials halt Serbia visit over far-right incident


A Croatian parliamentary delegation on Wednesday cut short a visit to neighboring Serbia after a far-right leader convicted of war crimes reportedly stamped on the Croatian national flag and shouted insults. The delegation said they decided to return home after the incident in the Serbian parliament involving Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj. "This is a line we cannot cross, because this is unacceptable," Croatian parliamentary speaker Goran Jandrokovic said. Relations between Serbia and Croatia are still tense years after the 1992-95 Serb-Croat war erupted when Croatia declared independence from the former Yugoslavia. Liberal lawmakers in the Serbian parliament have demanded that authorities strip Seselj of his parliamentary seat because of the war crimes conviction, triggering threats and insults from the far-right Serbian leader.


Source: ABC News April 18, 2018 16:00 UTC



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