Croatian President: We stole Kosovo from Serbia, Crimea will never be Ukraine

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said Kosovo was "annexed" and "stolen" from Serbia by the international community and that comparisons between Belgrade and Moscow should not be made, while also trying to defend Russia's point of view.

Milanovic, whose country recognized Kosovo's independence a month after it was declared in 2008, commented on the topic, in response to a question related to Serbia and Russia. "Until you understand that Serbia and Russia are not the same... This, unfortunately, is a painful fact and a danger."

"We and the international community did it," Milanovic explained, N1 and Al Jazeera's Balkan newsroom reported. "We annexed Kosovo, We and the international community. It was taken from Serbia. Who, if not us? Did we recognize Kosovo? It's not annexation, it's theft. What's it called? Separation."

"Serbs, those cobblers"

On the one hand, the situation with Crimea (whose annexation his country also does not recognize) is similar for him: "It is the same with Crimea - Crimea will never be Ukraine again. This is what leading German generals say."

At the same time, you cannot compare "the Serbs, these cobblers who rebelled here, with a world nuclear superpower", continued Milanovic, who since the beginning of the war in Ukraine has not supported Europe's approach and insists that Russia was " provoked" since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. "We are entering deeper and deeper into a clash with a superpower", he said and expressed the opinion that not a single American tank will reach Ukraine this year (American media wrote that this is most expected -late in late 2023 or early 2024).

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