Koenders spoke include a “jet-black period in European history” and called the fall of Srebrenica, where some 7,000 Muslim men were murdered in 1995 by the Bosnian Serb army, specifically “genocide”.
“We may never see peace as something self-evident and should always remain committed to keeping the peace in Europe,” said the minister. He further pointed out that the debate on the events in Srebrenica also continues today the day in the Netherlands. “We can not undo what happened, but I mourn with you.”
“The Dutch government contributes as a member of the international community’s political responsibility for the situation in which this could happen. That is why the Dutch government, after thorough investigation into what happened, resigned in 2002.”
The UN enclave had during the invasion of General Mladic must be protected by Dutch peacekeepers, known as Dutchbat soldiers.
This is the first time that a Dutch minister spoke during a memorial. Friday Koenders met several relatives of victims who died in Srebrenica
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Serbian Prime Minister
The Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, the memorial neck-on-cup exit. An angry crowd pelted him with stones, bottles and shoes when he wanted to enter the cemetery at Potocari, where the memorial place. The Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic speaks of “attempted murder”.
It was the first time that the Serbian Prime Minister on the commemoration of the massacre was present. Serbia’s violence condemned twenty years ago, but refuses to speak of genocide
Video:. Serbian Prime Minister attacked in commemoration of Srebrenica
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Genocide
Wednesday voted in the United Nations Security Council on a proposal to the misdeeds in Srebrenica officially qualify as genocide. Russia, however, voted against that resolution. The Russians found the word “genocide” not balanced and prefer to speak of ” very serious crimes that shock the conscience of mankind. ”
This qualification is in line with the wording used for the Serbia itself fall, namely ‘serious crime’ ‘.
Funeral
The commemoration takes place every year in Potocari in the former compound of Dutchbat. During the commemoration get 133 victims of the massacre identified before in twelve months, a dignified funeral.
Koenders said Saturday Netherlands Bosnia will continue to help to identify unknown victims of the massacre and to support the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).
In the Netherlands, several dozen people took part in a peace march in The Hague to commemorate the fall of Srebrenica. Saturday afternoon at the Square of the National Srebrenica Commemoration. There are speeches from among others comedian Vincent Bijlo and a survivor of Srebrenica, Salih Pasalic
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Clinton
In all, thousands of people attend the commemoration. Besides the Dutch minister is also the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu and former US president Bill Clinton provided.
Clinton called his work in Bosnia and Kosovo, at the time of his presidency in the nineties, the “important work” during his reign.
The former president expressed his gratitude for the peace in Bosnia and the European cooperation that the country is looking for.
Video: Fall of Srebrenica twenty years ago
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