"Croatia to withdraw ambassador if Serbia responds to ban"

"Croatia to withdraw ambassador if Serbia responds to ban"

"The only one left to Zagreb, in case the Serbian government declares one of Croatian ministers unwelcome, as is already being speculated, will be the immediate withdrawal of Croatian Ambassador Goran Bakota from Belgrade for consultations," the article said.

It adds that this would mean "a de facto freezing of political relations - but would not mean severing economic and trade ties."

"Although the media speculate that Belgrade will respond by declaring either minister Damir Krsticevic or Toma Medved, or both, unwelcome, Zagreb sees no opportunity to compare the vocabulary and Vulin's statements with the statements of any of the Croatian ministers made about Serbia," the paper said.