BiH Presidency member, Denis Bećirović, said today that the latest statement by the president of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, about the siege of Sarajevo is another in a series of his attempts to deceive, misinform the public, following the example of the worst propagandists from the 20th century.
“However, they certainly cannot erase the facts and judgments of the United Nations courts. The siege of Sarajevo began on April 5, 1992, and lasted 1,425 days. During the brutal siege of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11,541 citizens of Sarajevo were killed, among them 1,601 children. These are the facts,” he underlined.
In a press release, Bećirović states that criminals killed Sarajevo’s children, older people, women and citizens of Sarajevo, as evidenced by numerous graves of innocently murdered Sarajevo residents around the city.
“That is why Dodik and his followers will never be able to dispute that Sarajevo defended itself and that the idea of living together and the multi-ethnic capital of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina won,” emphasized Bećirović.
He said that his targeted and immoral denial of the crimes committed against the civilians of the BiH capital is based on the ideology of evil, which unfortunately lives on today, and which led some of Dodik’s predecessors behind bars.
The laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina are clear and they do not allow denial of genocide, crimes against humanity and other crimes.
“I believe that these inadmissible and uncivilized actions of Milorad Dodik, which generate hatred and mistrust in Bosnia and Herzegovina, should be immediately sanctioned. I once again call on the representatives of the European Union to join the sanctions of the democratic world against politicians who threaten the Dayton Peace Agreement and deny binding international court rulings. I will conclude with the message that I presented on the occasion of the Day of the City of Sarajevo on April 6, which is that Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be stronger year after year despite the attempts to spread falsehoods,” Bećirović said at the end.
