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Croatian PM rules out armed conflicts in Balkans if Germany closed borders

Xinhua, November 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Tuesday that no armed conflicts would occur in the Balkans if Germany closed its borders to refugees and migrants.

He made the remarks following German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed fear that closure of the German borders might trigger off new armed conflicts in the Balkans.

"However, Germany cannot close its border," Milanovic said, adding "Croatia will always do it much faster than Germany."

Meanwhile, Croatia opened on Tuesday a new winter reception center for refugee in Slavonski Brod, eastern Croatia. The center has the capacity of receiving 5,000 people with heated tents.

First train with around 1,000 refugees arrived in the new center in the morning from Opatovac, near the border with Serbia. Another train expected to arrive with 1,000 refugees in the evening from the Serbian border town of Sid.

A total of 315,955 refugees and migrants have entered Croatia since September this year. Enditem