Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman on Wednesday commented on anti-government protests in Serbia and said Croatia wanted "order, peace and stability" and for the protests to be peaceful.

“Protests are also always a sign of a democratic society, but in any case we want them… to be peaceful protests,” he told reporters.

Speaking of the Serbian government’s announcement of a curfew due to the coronavirus epidemic, he said “the Serbian authorities will manage to communicate that to citizens” and that “it’s important to maintain citizens’ health.”

The protests were supported by the opposition Alliance for Serbia, which boycotted a recent parliamentary election, at which President Aleksandar Vucic’s party scored a landslide victory, claiming the election was taking place in undemocratic conditions.

“They definitely had an election. As we have seen, not one civil party leader has entered parliament. That’s the will of Serbia’s citizens and that’s all we can say,” said Grlic Radman.