Croatia bans Serbian president from visiting Jasenovac death camp

"Croatian authorities forbade Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to personally visit the memorial complex at the site of the Jasenovac death camp.

Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabic slammed the decision as 'scandalous and anti-European.'

"This is the same as forbidding the president of Israel to visit Auschwitz. This is an anti-European and anti-civilization decision, a gross violation of freedom of movement. I'm not even saying how disrespectful this is. This is the biggest scandal between Serbia and Croatia in recent history," said the prime minister.

Vucic intended to personally visit Jasenovac and pay tribute to the Serbs who died in the camp during World War II.

Virtually all of the president's paternal relatives died during the war, including as a result of ethnic cleansing by Croatian nationalists in the Jasenovac camp.

Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin strongly condemned the decision of the Croatian authorities, while Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic, held an urgent press conference in this regard.