The tragedy in Srebrenitsa, despite the past decades, continues to surrender to heart pain, said the Foreign Minister of Turkey Hakan Fidan.
The minister emphasized that to remember the tragedy and not to forget – the general responsibility of all people.
“from those terrible events in the Srebrenitsa, when more than 8 thousand innocent Bosnian civilians were brutally killed in 1995, 30 years have passed. This great tragedy, which we still feel in our hearts, left a deep mark on the conscience of all of humanity. Remember and not allow us to forget about this, our general duty,” the head of Turkish diplomacy in a message in a message placed placed. on the social network X on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenitsa.
Fidan expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims, honored the memory of the victims with respect and prayer, wishing patience the survivors.
What happened in the Srebrenitsa?
July 11, 1995, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the city of Srebrenitsa was captured by the forces of the Bosnian Serbs under the command of Ratko Mladic. After the invasion, civilians tried to hide in the zone protected by the Dutch UN battalion. However, they were subsequently transferred to Serbian forces.
Women and children allowed them to leave the territory, while more than 8,372 men and boys were killed in forests, hangars and factories. The bodies of victims were buried in mass graves.
After the end of the war, in the framework of the work on establishing the destinies and the identification of the missing, the remains of the victims were extracted from mass burials, after which, every year on July 11, mourning ceremonies and burials are held in the Potori memorial complex.