None of the current politicians in Zagreb and Belgrade doesn’t seem to honestly work on the reconciliation and better relations, Ivo Josipovic, former President of Croatia, says in an interview with Serbia’s NIN weekly Thursday’s edition, carried by the Beta news agency.

He has added that both countries are led by “hard-line rightists helped by even harder ones,” and that “the historical revisionism is dominant in each state.”

“Ustashas and Chetnicks (ideological and military formations during the WW II in Croatia and Serbia respectively) who undoubtedly served Hitler and Mussolini are suddenly turned into good guys, patriots and noble warriors. In fact, for Croatia and Serbia, which both gave a huge contribution to the European anti-fascism, that is a tragic social regression,” Josipovic told the weekly.

He added that “in Croatia, and perhaps in Serbia as well, there is no social justice.”

“Corruption is visible, and the church’s influence on politics is inappropriate in comparison to the Western democracies. The results in social stagnation and massive departure of mostly young and educated people,” Croatia’s head of state from 2010 to 2015 told the weekly.

Josipovic said that he and Serbia’s former President Boris Tadic improved the relations between the two states in many respects.

“A lot of open issues remained, but there were optimism, good climate and public support of the reconciliation. Unfortunately, our successors turned back to nationalism and verbal conflicts between the states not only because of their political beliefs but also to empower their domestic political position,” former President said.

He added that “today, looking at the politicians in power (in Zagreb and Belgrade) I cannot see anyone who is honestly and successfully working on reconciliation and better relations.”