Croatian Defense Minister Ivan Anusic has reacted to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's claims that the military alliance between Croatia, Albania and Kosovo has complicated the security situation, writes Gazeta Express.
Anusic, after a meeting with his Albanian counterpart, Ermal Nuka, said that the Trilateral Declaration of Zagreb, Tirana and Pristina aims to strengthen stability in Southeast Europe and deepen friendly relations.
The Croatian minister said that the time has passed when someone dictated to Croatia what to do and how to develop its policy.
"In response to the repeated question about Serbia's reaction, the answer is the same - the time has passed when someone dictated to Croatia, today a sovereign state and member of NATO and the EU, what it would do and how it would develop its policy. That time will never happen again!", Anusic wrote.
The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Albania Ermalom Nufijem held sam danas bilateralni satakan koji je bio njegov prvi vanjskopolitički servini otkad je na novoj dufti. The friendship of the friendship of 🇭🇷 and 🇦🇱, is the support of Hrvatske europskom putu te zemlje... pic.twitter.com/cKGTQ9OQSw
— Ivan Anusic (@ivananusic12) April 15, 2026