ZAGREB, July 17, 2019 – President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović will receive Vukovar mayor Ivan Penava on Thursday for talks on the enforcement of a Constitutional Court decision under which the rights of the Serb ethnic minority in the eastern town must be enhanced, her office said on Wednesday.
Penava said on Sunday the dialogue and cooperation between Vukovar’s Croatian and Serb residents was satisfactory, and that any expansion of Serb minority rights would hurt ethnic relations. He added that it was first necessary to resolve outstanding issues dating back to 1991.
Penava also said he had talked with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković about the Constitutional Court decision, and that Plenković told him it was necessary to keep the peace and stability and to resolve the issue of the use of ethnic minority languages and scripts through dialogue.
Constitutional Court president Miroslav Šeparović said on Sunday he expected the Vukovar authorities to carry out the court’s decision on the use of ethnic minority languages and scripts, and that he would not argue with the mayor.
Justice Minister Dražen Bošnjaković told reporters today that “everyone must enforce Constitutional Court decisions.”
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