Kolinda wants "truth" about death camp determined again

And that would be "a column of unity," she said.

In addition, Grabar-Kitarovic stands for "determining the truth about what actually happened" in Jasenovac - this time "using modern methods."

The Ustasha regime, in power in the Nazi-allied Independent State of Croatia (NDH), established and operated Jasenovac as the biggest of its death camps for Serbs, Jews, and Roma.

The issue of Jasenovac, Grabar-Kitarovic believes, "should not be a stumbling block or a weapon in the hands of anyone who wants to promote any kind of campaign against Croatia."

The Croatian president also said that this was "not at all directed against the government and the state commemoration" and called on Serb and Jewish organizations in Croatia - who hold their own commemoration - "to agree that next year everyone goes together to Jasenovac and in silence honor the victims."

According to Grabar-Kitarovic, it would be an opportunity "to show that Croatia is mature enough to think about that subject from the past with a time distance."

Croatian media are reporting this Wednesday that Grabar-Kitarovic "in that way sent a message that she would also participate in this joint commemoration, and would no longer have to pay tribute on her own."

"In this regard, I consider as extremely good the proposal of HHO leader Ivan Zvonimir Cicak to form an international commission, with members from Serbia, Croatia and international experts, who would establish the truth about Jasenovac," she has been quoted as saying.

"In the 21st century modern forensics, medical, and document forensics, make it possible to determine not only the number of victims, which, unfortunately, has always been a stumbling block and a tool in the...