Addressing the gathering, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic praised the government for adopting a law that equated the status of Chetniks with that of Partisans, and asked for full rehabilitation of Chetniks.
"After Sunday's gathering of Chetniks at Ravna Gora, which was organised by and carried out with the active support of Serbian authorities, and the participation of prominent members of the government, the President of the Republic of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic, believes that under the president circumstances there are no conditions for the continuation of preparations for his planned visit to Serbia and Montenegro in the foreseeable future," Mesic's office said in a statement on Monday.
"President Mesic remains sincerely committed to full normalisation of relations between all countries that emerged in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, including those between Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro," the statement said.
Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Tomislav Jakic informed Serbia and Montenegro's Ambassador to Zagreb, Milan Simurdic, about the cancellation of the visit. He also informed diplomatic representatives of Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, the Russian Federation, Great Britain, France and Germany, and the head of the European Union Mission.
Mesic received an informal invitation to visit Serbia at his inauguration in February this year.