Croatian top diplomat: Serbia recognises Kosovo because their EU path passes even from Croatia

Grliić Radman added that Zagreb supports Serbia's European path, but at the same time, with the Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandar Vulin's statements, he warned that this path “runs through Croatia too.

Following Europe's “works”, organised on the occasion of Europe Day, he accused Vulin, who called Croatia and Kosovo “Brothers of weapons”, of “the compromise of Serbia's possible policy” and of outright opposition to Croatia, which said there has never been aspirations for the territories of others, reports Croatian news agency Hina.

Serbia is aware of a certain international pressure when it comes to recognising Kosovo, because this is reality, and then they want to project specific frustrations against Croatia”, Grliić Radman said.

The Western Balkans is one of the two main topics of the regular monthly meeting of foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday.

EU Enlargement Issues, Stabilisation Process The association will also be discussed Tuesday at a meeting of the General Affairs Council, which consists mainly of foreign ministers or ministers in charge of European affairs.

Radman Grliić says Croatia is also “theme” and that Serbia will be one of the countries on which official Zagreb will have to give a thought in that debate.

“We are not satisfied with the state of democracy, the human rights situation, the fight against corruption and reforms that are not being implemented in general”, Grliić Radman said.

According to him, Croatia is “a responsible member of NATO and the EU, and it is certain that Serbia's European path also passes through Croatia”.

Grliić Radman adds that Croatia will participate in the assessment of Serbia's achievements in chapters 23 and 24.

The head of Croatian diplomacy also said Croatia, in terms of minority rights, is “a paradigm in the European context, the best example of achieving those” standards.

He added that the Serb minority has three guaranteed seats in parliament and that Croatia is one of the few countries in the EU that has minority policy developed in this way.

He said this is not the case in Serbia, and that Belgrade does not respect the international agreement from 2004, which provides reciprocity.

As for other Western Balkan countries and their prospects for joining the EU, he said it is a process based on each country's achievements, stressing northern Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro.