ZAGREB, Feb 11 (Hina) - European Parliament President Antonio Tajani elicited condemnation in Slovenia on Monday with a statement in which he downplayed the consequences of fascist rule in Slovenia's coastal area and Croatia's Istria, Rijeka and Dalmatia during WWII, depicting the exodus of Italians as ethnic cleansing and saying "Long live Trieste, long live Italian Istria, long live Italian Dalmatia," Slovenian and Italian media reported.
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