(ANSA) - BELGRADE, FEB 12 - The long-awaited visit that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will carry out today and tomorrow in Croatia is at risk in terms of security. According to Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, the atmosphere that Vucic will find in Zagreb is not the best and is far from welcoming and friendly. ''I do not want to say those who are hosting us do not have the means to reduce these risks, but unfortunately when you nurture hate and intolerance, an atmosphere is generated that fosters rallies and demonstrations in the same places that Vucic will visit, so there is a possibility that something happens'', Stefanovic told Serbian public television RTS. The media in Belgrade have been giving space to Vucic's visit to Zagreb for numerous days, recalling the large number of disputes and still open issues that weigh on the relations between the two former Yugoslav countries. Serbia and Croatia (member of the EU since 2013), are unable to settle the old rivalry that has been sharpened by the events in the Second World War and the conflict of 1991-1995. Belgrade and Zagreb accuse each other - the Serbs denouncing the rehabilitation of the old Ustasha-fascist regime in the neighbouring country, the Croats insisting on the responsibility of the Serbs for the conflicts which caused the disintegration of former Yugoslavia. The list of issues under discussion during Vucic's visit is long, beginning with border disputes and the fate of the thousands of people still missing on both sides. In Zagreb, many politicians consider Vucic as persona non grata and urge him to apologise, before starting his visit, for what the Croatians consider an open Serbian military aggression in the nineties. And some believe that war reparations should be sought in Belgrade. Vucic showed a much more conciliatory attitude. ''I am going to Croatia with the desire to do something together for the future.

Peace and stability, this is my main message''.

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