Croatia will send a note of protest to Serbia over the detention of five Croatian women in Belgrade, said Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlic Radman.
"They all returned home happily with the full support of the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Belgrade, which was constantly at their disposal and provided all necessary consular assistance," Radman Grlic told reporters in Davos on Thursday, Jutarnji reports.
He announced that Croatia will take several measures against Serbia for this act.
"We will send a note of protest, we will inform the European Union delegation in Belgrade about the actions of the Serbian authorities and their behavior, which has put Croatian citizens in a humiliating position. We will systematically collect all cases of mistreatment of Croatian citizens, and we will inform the European Commission and the Polish presidency about this," the Croatian minister said.
He stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' recommendation for the travel of Croatian citizens to Serbia will be changed for their protection and safety.
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Five Croatian citizens, representatives of non-governmental organizations who participated in the event organized by the “Erste Stiftung” in Belgrade, were detained by Belgrade police on January 21 and deported from Serbia on Wednesday morning (January 22). They were banned from entering the country for one year.
In the deportation decision, Serbia said that the Croatian citizens were deported for "reasons of protecting the security of the Republic of Serbia and its citizens."
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