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Croat president: I did apologize

Croatian President Ivo Josipović has stated that he did apologize for the Serb victims in Paulin Dvor near Osijek and that some media were "twisting the facts".

Commenting on reports that he, unlike Serbian President Boris Tadić, did not apologize for the victims, Josipović said he was glad that such media were few.

“I think they weren’t listening carefully, watch the recording again,” he added.

The Croatian president repeated that Tadić’s visit to Vukovar and Paulin Dvor was extremely successful and pointed out that Croatia deserved good neighbors and that they deserved good Croatia....
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