The member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Bećirović, attended yesterday in Vukovar the commemoration of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Vukovar in 1991 and the 32nd anniversary of the suffering of Vukovar in the Homeland War.
“In the capacity of a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also on behalf of the vast majority of well-intentioned citizens of BiH, I came to Vukovar today to express my deep respect for the innocent victims and defenders of Vukovar. I believe that in the entire region we must have more statesmen and fewer politicians,” said Bećirović for Fena.
According to him, statesmen must not only worry about their political popularity, they must show courage, responsibility and humanity, show respect for victims, innocent victims from other nations, not only from their own nations.
”I think that Vukovar is a great warning for the international community as well. Here it is shown what happens when evil is not cut at the root. Those who killed innocent citizens of Vukovar, Dubrovnik and other Croatian cities in 1991, continued since 1992 to kill innocent citizens of Bijeljina, Zvornik, Vlasenica, Žepa, Višegrad, Goražde, Foča, Sarajevo, Prijedor, Bihać and numerous other Bosnian-Herzegovinian cities. That criminal policy had its culmination in 1995, when the only genocide in Europe after World War II was committed in and around Srebrenica, the genocide against Bosniaks,” said Bećirović.
That’s why we have to testify to the truth and that’s why, he added, it’s very dangerous when we have the statements of certain officials, such as the statements of the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity of the RS, in which he once again invokes the criminal project of Greater Serbia.
“That’s a terrible message. Such messages, which threaten the statehood and survival of numerous countries in this part of Europe, are absolutely reprehensible. Such statements were last heard in Europe in the 1930s,” said Bećirović.
He added that he was also in Vukovar to pay his respects to the participants of the Vukovar-Srebrenica marathon, who also this year showed their respect for the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica.
“My intention is to strengthen good neighborly relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia. I showed that in May of this year when I visited Zagreb. I think there is a strong potential for strengthening both economic and political ties between our two countries,” said Bećirović.
In memory of the Croatian veterans and civilians who died in the aggression against Vukovar in 1991, numerous delegations laid wreaths and lit candles under the monument at the Memorial Cemetery of the Homeland War today, including Denis Bećirović, a member of the BiH Presidency.
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