PM's participation in Croatia Forum "wouldn't make sense"

PM's participation in Croatia Forum "wouldn't make sense"

"It is important to put this invitation in context. We invited Premier Vucic a month and a half ago. Relations were different then. I think the deadline to receive his response to the invitation was July 29. But, we heard it for the first time yesterday that Vucic was not coming," said Oreskovic.

He also told the RTL Danas broadcaster that the summit has changed its format "during the past 20 days," the Zagreb daily Jutarnji List is reporting.

"We told Vucic we will not have the prime ministers' panel. I see no sense in Vucic coming. But I hope we will find out today or tomorrow," said Oreskovic.

The Beta agency reported on Wednesday it learned that Vucic would not travel to Dubrovnik. Speaking during a news conference on Monday, the prime minister confirmed that he had received an invitation.

"I have not yet made a final decision, only because I can't see what we could do, substantially. But I'm always ready to talk," said Vucic, and stressed that "Serbia will be able to deliver everything that has been promised and agreed on" during the visit of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic to Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina.