Today, we remember our victims with sadness and most sincerely share the pain with the families who lost their loved ones in the NATO bombing of the then state of FRY. Twenty-two years ago, we as a society and state were left without citizens who today would represent our striking creative, progressive and restorative power, said the Prime Minister of Montenegro Zdravko Krivokapić.
He said that as a parent, and as a man, and as a prime minister, and as a citizen, "all the wounds of my family hurt", and as he said, he bows before their innocent victim.
"I would not mention today neither justice nor injustice, neither judges nor executioners, nor the reasons or goals that preceded this tragedy. It is unnecessary to talk about all of this when we stand today over the mounds that are the outcome that has no repair or consolation," said Krivokapić.
He said that of course he will remember the victims, the sirens, the whistles, and the suffering, of course, as he said, "our memory will be a warning to everyone and always that we are a society for which everyone must have true respect, respect, and understanding , and to emphasize, repentance".
"The bridge that the famous Nobel laureate wrote about as a point where civilizations, philosophies, cultures, religions and ages meet, exchange and enrich, in Murin has become a symbol of a tragedy for Montenegro and an example of how everything that a genius mind can devise, with one stroke of force and ruthlessness, it becomes a monument of sadness and tragedy," said Krivokapić.
He added that everyone loses and all suffering today should remind us that we are expensive, that we are paid too much and that, as he emphasized, the opportunity we have to build a prosperous society of understanding and tolerance came after our great righteous and innocent sacrifices. and that we must not miss that opportunity.
"On the twenty-second anniversary of the beginning of the NATO bombing, we especially remember and mention the names of the children who are our unforgettable, most tragic symbols of the cruel suffering of civilians: thirteen-year-old Miroslav Knežević, ten-year-old Julija Brudar and twelve-year-old Olivera Maksimović and the other heroic victims that we made in 1999. year, but also of all those of our ancestors who lost their lives also in the bombings that hit Montenegro from everywhere during the Second World War, when innocent citizens also died," Krivokapić said, according to the announcement.
He also announced that maybe someone will say or think that today's modest commemoration of that sad day is an expression of hypocrisy or mere protocol.
"Perhaps they will cite some of our diplomatic guidelines, the European integration of the Western Balkans, or Montenegro's membership in NATO as an argument for such a position, but I want to tell both well-intentioned critics and those who are certainly not, that we are not a government that trades or bids. nor will we ever do it with human souls and the most intimate feelings. There is neither, nor will there be, a government concept or agenda that will cool our hearts or alienate us from our citizens, because then we would not fulfill the duty for which we were constituted," Krivokapić said. .
He added that, of course, they do not forget the nineteen-year-old Saša Stajić, nor any sacrifice that we have made in the past, because, Krivokapić said, they would betray the sanctity of life by the act of forgetting.
"But for the sake of the same sanctuary and the future of our children, we are turning a new page in our history, in which, let's hope, there will be no blood and tears!", concluded Krivokapić.
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