Australia had refused to issue a visa to General Kruljac, who should have travelled to Melbourne in his capacity as president of the Croatian Boxing Federation to attend a friendly match between the Australian and Croatian boxing teams.
"After we receive information about what happened, we will act accordingly, but I have to stress that we will most definitely react," Kitarovic told Croatian reporters in Washington which she is officially visiting.
Commenting on the reasons for the decision of the Australian authorities, the media cited several articles published in a weekly that link Kruljac with war crimes, his participation in military operations in the northern Bosnian Posavina region and the fact that Slobodan Milosevic had mentioned Kruljac several times while presenting his defence before the Hague war crimes tribunal.
Earlier today Croatian Defence Minister Berislav Roncevic told the press he believed that there was no reason not to issue Kruljac a visa, but that such were Australian regulations. "We won't accept what was stated in the explanation, because that is sentencing before the establishment of facts," Roncevic said without saying what was stated in the explanation.