The General Secretary of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) BiH, Amir Zukić, expressed his regret that today the UN Security Council did not pass a resolution on the genocide in Srebenica.
"Unfortunately, genocide is denied despite the fact that such a verdict was passed by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Denying genocide means further support for those who want such policies to continue and be implemented in the future," Zukić told Beta Agency today.
He believes that "a large part of politics and politicians from Serbia wants to present the crimes in Srebrenica in various ways, apart from the qualification of genocide".
Zukić pointed out that people were killed in Srebenica only because they were of a different nationality, but expressed his belief that "coexistence and tolerance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, despite this fact, are still possible and realistic".
"Unfortunately, the fact that some would like to push the fact about Srebrenica under the carpet does not help the truth and reconciliation. We can move towards a better life and better relations faster if it is acknowledged that the crimes took place," said Zukić.
He said that "because of Serbia's lobbying that the resolution on Srebrenica is not adopted in the UN, even Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić will not be greeted with such warmth on Saturday", when the 20th anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica is marked.
"With this act, Vučić and Serbia are sending a message that they do not want to have good-neighborly relations, otherwise, otherwise, they would make an effort to at least acknowledge what happened in Srebrenica. When the Prime Minister of Serbia is in Srebrenica and sees the cemeteries where the names and surnames of the victims are written, it is possible for him to admit that the genocide really happened," said the general secretary of the SDA, the largest Bosniak party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On Saturday, July 11, the remains of 136 identified victims, including 18 minors, will be buried in the Memorial Center in Potočari.
So far, a total of 6.241 people have been buried in the Memorial Center in Potočari.
The arrival in Srebrenica on July 11 was confirmed by the ministers of foreign affairs of several European countries, the presidents of Slovenia, Montenegro and Croatia, the British princess Anne and others, and about 50.000 people are expected to attend.
The massacre in Srebrenica was committed in July 1995, when around 8.000 Bosniaks were killed in that town. The crime was committed by the Army of Republika Srpska under the command of Ratko Mladić, including the paramilitary formation "Scorpions".
The International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia issued a verdict qualifying the massacre in Srebrenica as an act of genocide.
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