BELGRADE, June 17 (Hina) - The cabinet of the president of the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro, Dragoljub Micunovic, on Tuesday dismissed a Croatian Television (HTV) report broadcast on Monday night in which it was stated that not
one official of Serbia and Montenegro would speak to an HTV crew.
BELGRADE, June 17 (Hina) - The cabinet of the president of the
Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro, Dragoljub Micunovic, on Tuesday
dismissed a Croatian Television (HTV) report broadcast on Monday
night in which it was stated that not one official of Serbia and
Montenegro would speak to an HTV crew. #L#
A letter refuting the report was sent to Hina, stating that this "is
a very dangerous untruth, which insinuates that the officials in
Belgrade justify or are at least benevolently look on the
outpouring of rage of hooligans in the streets of Belgrade and Novi
Sad".
The president of Serbia and Montenegro's Assembly, Dragoljub
Micunovic, not only most sharply condemned the incidents and
expressed his deep regret and apology to the most senior Croatian
officials, but accepted to make a statement on the incidents to
HTV's reporter Visnja Misin, said the letter, also forwarded to
HTV.
Micunovic further explained that the reporter did not turn up at the
agreed time and only later explained over the phone that she had not
made it due to a traffic jam and had to return back to her base to send
her report for HTV prime time news on time.
Misin's report left HTV viewers with the impression that the
officials in Belgrade do not care about the unfortunate incidents
and do not want to apologise to the Croatian public, says the
statement, sent to HTV editor-in-chief Nikola Kristic by
Micunovic's media advisor Tamara Spaic.
"I ask that you inform your viewers that this is not true and that
the President of the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro and
democratic authorities in Belgrade do want better contact with the
Croatian public and want to condemn the attack on the Croatian
Embassy in Belgrade," reads the letter.
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