On the other hand, a proposal by external Committee member Simo Rajic that Parliament should adopt a special declaration to condemn the self-proclaimed Croatian Serb government in exile met no response.
Rajic said that institutions of the Croatian state and the Serb minority in Croatia had not responded appropriately.
"I do not support (President Stjepan) Mesic's assessment that the event is completely insignificant, or (former Social Democratic Party member Zdravko) Tomac's international conspiracy theories, but I am concerned about the fact that the international community keeps silent about it, although it would have something to say considering the role it played in the events that took place in the early 1990s," Rajic said.
Rajic proposed that the ratification of the minority protection agreement with Serbia and Montenegro be tied to the adoption of a declaration in which the Croatian Parliament would condemn the proclamation of the government in exile of the so-called Republic of Serb Krajina in the neighbouring country.
Rajic's view was supported by external Committee member Ivan Zvonimir Cicak, who said that he was concerned about the fact that members of the self-proclaimed government claimed they had the support of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and that they were also backed by the Serbian Radicals, the strongest political party in Serbia and Montenegro.
Members of Parliament chose to ignore the views of the external members, and welcomed the ratification of the proposed agreement as one of the instruments of further normalisation of relations with Serbia and Montenegro.
The agreement was signed last November during Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's visit to Belgrade.