The Bosniak Council in Montenegro welcomed the decision of the Government and the Ministry of Social Welfare, Family Care and Demography to allocate 100 thousand euros each to 16 families of victims of the tragic events in Štrpci, the bombings in Murin and Tuzi, and the deportation of refugees.
The Bosniak Council announced that the loss of family members, innocent victims of war crimes, cannot be compensated for by anything, but that after more than three decades, the time has come to at least partially meet the needs, through recognition of the status of civilian victims of war and material assistance to the closest relatives.
They believe that this is just one, albeit historic, step towards correcting decades of painful injustice towards the victims and their families.
"At least according to some of the many who lost their loved ones in the early drama of the 90s, and the Montenegrin government at the time was willing or unwillingly responsible for their suffering," the statement says.
The Bosniak Council said that the most important thing, however, is to establish the full truth and to prosecute all those who participated, organized or ordered these crimes, as well as those who contributed to their occurrence through inaction.
"Only then will it be possible to conclude that Montenegro has faced the past and closed the shameful chapter of its own past in which war crimes were committed on its territory and against its citizens," the statement said.
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