KISTANJE, Aug 19 (Hina) - The political situation and interethnic relations between domiciled Croats, Serb returnees and Croat settlers from Bosnia-Herzegovina are stable in all areas of Croatia, Serb political leaders said on
Tuesday.
KISTANJE, Aug 19 (Hina) - The political situation and interethnic
relations between domiciled Croats, Serb returnees and Croat
settlers from Bosnia-Herzegovina are stable in all areas of
Croatia, Serb political leaders said on Tuesday. #L#
Speaking at a press conference at a Serb Orthodox monastery in the
Krka River valley, the president of the Serb National Council,
Milorad Pupovac, and the president of the Serb Independent
Democratic Party, Vojislav Stanimirovic, said that there was a
possibility of property disputes because the government has failed
to resolve property-related issues.
Pupovac said that there were conflicts in areas to which Serb
refugees were returning, but that they were the consequences of the
1990s war rather than open interethnic conflicts.
"Based on what I saw in Srb yesterday and in other areas before that,
I guarantee there are no signs of anything that might be described
as tension in interethnic relations," Pupovac said in comment on
recent media reports of Serb nationalist graffiti.
The two politicians were among several thousand Serb Orthodox
faithful from Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia and
Montenegro who came to the Krka monastery to celebrate the
Transfiguration of the Lord, one of the most important Orthodox
Christian holidays.
The celebration was also attended by the Croatian president's envoy
Ivica Mastruko, who said he was pleased that the Orthodox faithful
came to the monastery not just for religious reasons but also to
stand witness to their cultural and ethnic heritage and tradition.
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