Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said that attendance of Serbia’s Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin at the Sunday’s commemoration for the victims of the World War II Jasenovac concentration camp would not be a good idea.

“As far as the Minister Vulin’s announcement of coming to Croatia is concerned, we expect anyone coming to Croatia to respect the Croatian state, yet he has been known to make inappropriate and insulting statements during his visits and we are not sure this is the best solution at the moment,” Plenkovic told reporters.

According to him, heads of the Serb National Council (SNV), antifascist group SABA and the Jewish community have all been invited to the Sunday’s commemoration.

“The situation this year is by no means the same compared to the last year and in relation to inherited and implanted problem,” emphasized Plenkovic, adding that there was no dilemma in condemning the Ustasha atrocities in Jasenovac.

This will be the third year in a row that associations of antifascists and ethnic minorities are boycotting the official ceremony, in protest against what they say is the government’s tacit approval of the use of the World War II-era fascist slogans in public by some Croatian right wing groups, including a controversial plaque that had been installed in nearby Jasenovac town and dedicated to paramilitary veterans of the 1991-95 independence war.