"Serbs victims of Milošević, not Croatia"

Croatian President Stjepan Mesić says that Serbs driven from Croatia during Operation Storm were victims of Slobodan Milošević’s policies, not Croatia.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 25.06.2008.

10:16

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Croatian President Stjepan Mesic says that Serbs driven from Croatia during Operation Storm were victims of Slobodan Milosevic’s policies, not Croatia. "It is said that after wars, history is written by the winners. Milosevic duped everyone. The world, on the one hand, when he claimed he was fighting for Yugoslavia. The Serbs on the other, by instilling in them the hope that they'd one day live in a united country. He openly called for a battle for Greater Serbia,“ Mesic told Vienna daily Standard. "Serbs victims of Milosevic, not Croatia" “The Serbs who, after the war in our country, after the Storm operation to liberate the country, fled to Serbia, are in fact victims of Milosevic’s policies, not Croatia’s,” the president said in response to criticism from Republic of Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik regarding Croatia’s role in the conflict. “I don’t want to get into a debate with Dodik, but the messages he’s been sending are unacceptable. One of his messages to Serbs in Croatia was that if they were unhappy they should move to the RS. That’s a resumption of Milosevic’s policies. You wouldn’t expect to hear from serious politicians in Bosnia messages to Croats and Bosniaks to return to their towns and villages. Everyone knows that once upon a time big parts of the RS were populated chiefly by Croats and Bosniaks,“ he pointed out. Mesic acknowledged that it was a problem that exiled Serbs had not returned to Croatia, adding that his country was doing everything in its power to accelerate returns. “When our citizens, regardless of ethnicity, return to Croatia, then that will be true proof that our society is democratic,“ the Croatian president surmised. Stjepan Mesic (FoNet, archive)

"Serbs victims of Milošević, not Croatia"

“The Serbs who, after the war in our country, after the Storm operation to liberate the country, fled to Serbia, are in fact victims of Milošević’s policies, not Croatia’s,” the president said in response to criticism from Republic of Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik regarding Croatia’s role in the conflict.

“I don’t want to get into a debate with Dodik, but the messages he’s been sending are unacceptable. One of his messages to Serbs in Croatia was that if they were unhappy they should move to the RS. That’s a resumption of Milošević’s policies. You wouldn’t expect to hear from serious politicians in Bosnia messages to Croats and Bosniaks to return to their towns and villages. Everyone knows that once upon a time big parts of the RS were populated chiefly by Croats and Bosniaks,“ he pointed out.

Mesić acknowledged that it was a problem that exiled Serbs had not returned to Croatia, adding that his country was doing everything in its power to accelerate returns.

“When our citizens, regardless of ethnicity, return to Croatia, then that will be true proof that our society is democratic,“ the Croatian president surmised.

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