The flag of the non-existent state of Kosovo is an insult to all victims of the Second World War, Aleksandar Vulin has said.
Speaking on Monday, the Serbian minister of labor, social and veteran affairs explained his walkout over the weekend at the site of the Nazi death camp in Mauthausen, Austria, in this way:
“To stand under the flag of Kosovo, an unrecognized, non-existent state – as if it had been a member of the (WW2) anti-Hitler coalition – would represent an insult to all victims, an insult to the memory of the Second World War, an insult to international law itself.”
Vulin, speaking to reporters on Monday during a gathering to mark World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, said he left the ceremony at Mauthausen – after unveiling a memorial dedicated to the Serb victims of the death camp – and that he was unaware that any member of the Serbian government could have acted any differently.
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