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Croatia bans 3 Montenegro officials in diplomatic row over WWII death camp

Montenegro parliament speaker Andrija Mandic, left, and lawmaker Milan Knezevic, two of three Montenegrin officials whom Croatia declared persona non grata after they declared that genocide was committed in a World War II concentration camp operated by the pro-Nazi Croatian regime at the time [File: Risto Bozovic/AP Photo]

Croatia has declared three top Montenegrin government officials persona non grata amid a diplomatic row over a death camp operated by the pro-Nazi Croatian government during World War II.

The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday told neighbouring Montenegro that Deputy Prime Minister Aleksa Becic, parliamentary speaker Andrija Mandic and parliamentarian Milan Knezevic were unwelcome in the European Union country owing to “systematic actions to disrupt good neighbourly relations”.

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