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Protest note to Croatia for discriminating against Serbs in Vukovar
Belgrade,
17 August 2015
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent today to Croatia the strongest protest over the decision of the City Council of Vukovar to change the City Statute and remove bilingual signs from city institutions, squares and streets.
The use of the Cyrillic script will, under the City Council’s decision, be possible only with prior request and payment of a fee.
The adopted amendments directly deny the equality of use of language and script, thus violating basic human and minority rights of the Serbs.
Serbia warned Croatia that it is obliged to respect its international commitments and demands urgent reaction by government authorities of the country to the decision of local authorities in Vukovar.
The Ministry reminds that Vukovar’s high representatives did this in a year when the whole world celebrates 70 years of victory over fascism and became known these days to the general public by singing Ustasha songs from the time of the fascist Independent State of Croatia.
The protest note will be presented to the charge d'affaires of the Croatian Embassy in Belgrade Ivan Sabolic, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The adopted amendments directly deny the equality of use of language and script, thus violating basic human and minority rights of the Serbs.
Serbia warned Croatia that it is obliged to respect its international commitments and demands urgent reaction by government authorities of the country to the decision of local authorities in Vukovar.
The Ministry reminds that Vukovar’s high representatives did this in a year when the whole world celebrates 70 years of victory over fascism and became known these days to the general public by singing Ustasha songs from the time of the fascist Independent State of Croatia.
The protest note will be presented to the charge d'affaires of the Croatian Embassy in Belgrade Ivan Sabolic, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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