Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić accused Croatia on Wednesday of glorifying its Nazi past. Vučić made the statement during his address at the United Nations General Assembly.
Vučić said that the Serbian people could not accept the "resurrection of the most horrific ghosts of the past." In his view, it was hardest for Serbs when they saw the rise of Nazism elevated to the status of social values.
He specifically highlighted Croatia, stating that it glorified its Nazi past and the use of Nazi slogans and symbols today. "We in Serbia find it hardest when we see the rise of Nazism to the pedestal of social values, particularly in Croatia, which is proud of its Nazi past and the use of Nazi slogans and symbols today," Vučić said.
The Serbian president noted that the Serbian people, "who have suffered the most at the hands of the Nazis, cannot accept the resurrection of the most horrific ghosts of the past responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma in monstrous concentration camps such as Jasenovac."
Vu added that the Serbian people and Serbia found the "moral lectures" coming from Croatia completely unacceptable. "That is why the moral lectures we hear from such quarters are completely unacceptable to the Serbian people and Serbia," he concluded.
