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Croatia’s Plenković criticizes Serbia at UN over honors for Mladić
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković criticized Serbia on Tuesday in New York for granting official and military honors to Ratko Mladić during the 81st General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly. Plenković said reconciliation in Europe requires confronting historical crimes and pursuing a negotiated two-state solution for Gaza.
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković criticized Serbia’s official ceremonies honoring Ratko Mladić in a speech addressing world leaders during the 81st General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly. Plenković said the military and official honors given to convicted war criminal Mladić showed disrespect for justice, the victims and the rulings of international courts.
Plenković said genuine reconciliation in Europe could not be achieved without directly confronting historical crimes. He added that states must respect the victims and reject the institutional glorification of perpetrators.
Plenković argued that state participation in events praising Mladić was entirely incompatible with the values of the union Serbia aims to join.
Mladić’s war crimes
According to Plenković, Mladić’s actions culminated in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. He said the bombing of cities in Croatia, the killing of civilians and the destruction of cultural and industrial infrastructure had begun earlier.
Ratko Mladić, also known as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” was sentenced to life in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1992–1995 war. Mladić died in custody in The Hague in August this year.
Call for a two-state solution in Gaza
In the section of his speech devoted to the Middle East, Plenković said the international community must apply the same legal standards to protect civilians and ensure uninterrupted humanitarian access to Gaza.
He reiterated that Croatia supports a negotiated two-state solution allowing Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security.
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