Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović will attend tomorrow's commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in Potočari, while the Government delegation at the event will be led by its Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ervin Ibrahimović (Bosniak Party).
"President Milatović will pay his respects in silence to the victims of this terrible crime, with sincere and deep sympathy for their families," the head of state's office told "Vijesti" unofficially.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told "Vijesti" that Ibrahimović will lead a delegation that will be in Potočari tomorrow to mark July 11 - the Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide, and that will include several ministers.
The delegation will include Minister of Labor and Social Welfare Naida Nišić (Europe Now Movement), Minister of Public Works Majda Adžović, Minister of Energy and Mining Admir Šahmanović (Bosniak Party), Minister of Public Administration Maraš Dukaj (Albanian Forum), Minister of Human and Minority Rights Fatmir Đeka (Democratic Party), Minister of Social Welfare, Family Care and Demography Damir Gutić (Bosniak Party), Minister of Diaspora Mirsad Azemović (Bosniak Party), Minister without Portfolio in Charge of Relations with the Parliament Milutin Butorović (Europe Now Movement), as well as State Secretaries from the Ministries of Public Administration and Energy Naim Đokaj (Albanian Forum) and Dino Tutundžić (Bosniak Party), as well as Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mining Mirsad Ćatović (Bosniak Party).
The Government unofficially informed "Vijesti" that Prime Minister Milojko Spajić (Europe Now Movement) will not attend the commemoration in Potočari because he has traveled to Rome, where he will participate in the Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine today and tomorrow.
The Parliament and the office of its President Andrija Mandić (New Serbian Democracy) did not respond to the newspaper's questions about who will go to Potočari. According to the editorial office's unofficial information, the vice president of the highest legislative house, Mirsad Nurković (Bosniak Party), is expected to travel there.
According to the Memorial Center in Potočari, more than 1995 Bosniaks were killed by the Republika Srpska Army in Srebrenica and surrounding areas in July 8.300. The remains of seven more victims will be buried at the Memorial Center this year, as announced.
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a resolution at the end of May last year declaring July 11th as the International Day of Remembrance for the Srebrenica Genocide. Montenegro also supported the resolution.
The Srebrenica Memorial Center released key information and messages on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide against Bosniaks in the UN-protected area. Among other things, they state that the genocide has been legally confirmed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radio Free Europe reports.
They also say that among the killed and missing are men, boys, but also women, girls and the elderly, and that "the genocide was planned and carried out by the political and military leadership of the self-proclaimed Republika Srpska, with the direct control and support of the regime in Belgrade."
They recall that to date, 54 people have been sentenced to a total of 781 years in prison, including five life sentences, for crimes related to Srebrenica. They add that the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina is classified as international, given the direct involvement of Serbia and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in supporting Serbian forces.
"After mass executions, bodies were moved to secondary and tertiary mass graves to conceal evidence," the Memorial Center states, among other things.
Last year, the delegation was large, but without the highest officials.
The July 11 commemoration last year was attended by advisors and associates of President Jakov Milatović, as well as delegations from the Parliament and the Government, as well as representatives of several parties.
In 2023, the then Prime Minister Dritan Abazović and former Minister of the Interior Filip Adžić traveled from Montenegro to Potočari.
Abazović also led the Montenegrin delegation in 2022, when he was accompanied by then-Deputy Prime Minister Jovana Marović, former and current Vice President Ibrahimović, former Minister of Justice Marko Kovač, Minister of Public Administration Maraš Dukaj, and former Minister of Culture and Media Maša Vlaović.
In 2021, former President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović, then Deputy Prime Minister Abazović, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Đorđe Radulović were in Potočari.
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