Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic has said that a law invalidating certain legal acts of the former Yugoslav People's Army, the former Yugoslavia, and Serbia, recently passed by the Croatian parliament, puts Serbian-Croatian cooperation back to square one.
The law plays into the hands of war crimes indictees and enables them to avoid criminal accountability, Malovic was quoted as saying by the Belgrade-based Politika daily on Saturday.
The law prevents the further exchange of information, evidence, witnesses and cooperation, which benefits only those who committed crimes and have not been held to account, she said.
"I feel that strained relations in this matter serves the election campaign under way in Croatia, and experience has shown that every time politics interferes into the law, we have a crisis in our relations. I am confident that common sense will prevail after the election and that relations between the two countries will continue to ascend and be an example of good cooperation in the region," Malovic was quoted as saying.
The Croatian parliament adopted the law on October 21, alongside a declaration on some issues pertaining to judicial cooperation between Croatia and Serbia.
