Dacic responded to Nikolic: Thomas caused damage when he canceled the Pope Politics

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic responds to accusations of former President Nikolic. S & # 39; s already asked the church what he did not do before the call

I did not cause any damage to the l & # 39; State by publishing the truth about the Pope's visit, but Tomislav Nikolic did so by inviting first, and then canceling the visit. Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic responds to accusations of the former head of state that he "made a harmful gesture, not plagiarism on the part of the state, giving a part of the correspondence of the President of Serbia to the public with the head of the Roman Catholic Church ". Nikolic told "Novosti" that he had called the Pope as head of state, but stressed that the visit could only be carried out with the consent of the SPC.

Having not received the consent of the Church, he canceled the invitation to Pope. "S & he must already ask the Church, he did not ask before calling," Dacic told our newspaper. – That's how we became frivolous. And the pope is not only a religious leader, but also a head of state who has not recognized Kosovo and who is very important to us in the struggle for our southern province. Here we will allow the pope to go to Pristina, but he can not come to Serbia. Do not be sorry after the Vatican has recognized Kosovo.

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Dačić points out that the first Vatican man they are not less Orthodox as Serbia.

– He went to some of them at the invitation of the head of state, and somewhere at the call of the patriarch. I do not have the right to call the pope, but if our country already calls and it is responsible for the acceptance of the invitation, it is irresponsible to consult the church only and cancel the visit. After all, if the church is already in charge of the state, then what kind of president will be.

The Pope's visit to Serbia was decided in January 2016. The Vatican then confirmed May 21 and 22 as the date of the visit, and sent a note suggesting that the Vatican delegation will come to Belgrade on January 24 and begin preparations. However, Republican elections were announced later in Serbia, and this was used as a reason for the cancellation of the pope's arrival.

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WHAT IS AN ANSWER, WHEN I DO NOT HAVE TO CANCEL

I DO NOT KNOW WHY Nikolic has already answered, when I do not # I did not call him, "said Dacic – I've responded to the claims that the pope had never intended to come to Serbia, I did not blame him for the fact that the pope did not come, but I brought out the facts.