The President of Croatia justified himself for the praise of Lavrov and said that he was "cold with him"

Lavrov previously called honest Milanovich's words that NATO is waging a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.

“Once I met him (Lavrov. -

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Then we talked for half an hour, and I was cold towards him, as always, one must be careful in relations with the Russians, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

Milanovic also noted that the Croatian Foreign Minister extended an invitation to Russian leader Vladimir Putin to visit Croatia, to which the Croatian leader "did not give consent."

Earlier, Milanovic stressed that Ukraine is not an ally of Croatia, but they are trying to make it forcibly.

In October, Zoran Milanovic spoke out against the training of the Ukrainian military on Croatian territory.

Milanovic also stated that Ukraine has no place in NATO.

According to him, the change of power in Ukraine was a coup, "any movement, but not democratic."

After that, the Croatian Prime Minister Plenkovic apologized to Kyiv.