Diplomat Stanimir Vukicevic was appointed Serbia's new ambassador to Croatia, Foreign Ministry told. Vukicevic was appointed by a decree by President Boris Tadic, replacing Radivoj Cveticanin who has been recalled from Zagreb.

A career diplomat, Vukicevic has served as Serbia-Montenegro ambassador to Russia and Bosnia & Herzegovina, and subseqently held the post of state secretary in the FM.