A memory ceremony dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the “Rechak Revez” on January 15, 1999, one of the largest massacres during the war in Kosovo, which is considered a turning point for the international intervention of NATO in the country, took place.
President Kosovo Vyosa Osmani, Speaker of the Puppy Glauk Konyufcha, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, then head of the Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Kosovo William Walker, Ministers and many Kosovars took part in the ceremony held In the village of Ruchak.
Leaders laid flowers to the memorial of the Rechak massacre and honored memory with a minute of silence.
Osmani President noted that the Albanians were brutally killed by the regime of Slobodan Milosevich (the then president of Yugoslavia) and the former ambassador William Walker was the voice of Kosovo victims.
Having stated that the massacre in the speech was one of the most terrible reprisals committed by Milosevich’s regime at that time, Osmani added: “25 years after the war and the massacre in the speech, we gathered here not only to honor the memory of the victims of the genocide regime Milosevich, but also in order to again appeal to justice. Justice gives meaning to the world, freedom and necessary for reconciliation. “
In his speech, the Prime Minister of Curtain condemned President Serbia Alexander Vucich for not recognizing and did not apologize for the massacre in the speech.
Having emphasized that the Walker ambassador only told the truth to the decisive and historical moment for the people of Kosovo, Karti said: “It is known that the truth is the greatest enemy of dictators and chauvinists, and that is why the ambassador William Walker continues to be the most attacking and hated international (representative ) In Serbia, where the authoritarian regime still dominates. “
In memory of the Rechak massacre in different cities of the country, events will be held during the day.
– The Rechak massacre
During the Rechak massacre on January 15, 1999, 45 Kosovo Albanians were brutally killed by the Serbian army and paramilitary units in the village of Rechak in the municipality of Stimli on the grounds that they “helped the army of the liberation of Kosovo (AOK).” Mass murder has become a turning point in the international intervention of NATO in Kosovo.
The then head of the Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Kosovo William Walker, called what he saw during the visit of the village the day after the massacre, along with many media representatives, the most sad event in his life: “” “” ” It is quite obvious that we are faced with massacres and a crime against humanity. “
Waker’s statements in the speaker were widely covered in the world press, and NATO air and ground intervention against Serbian troops in Serbia and Kosovo began in March 1999, about two months after the massacre.
It is known that Walker, being a witness to the massacre in the speech with the support of the Kosovo government, prepared a book about what he saw during the massacre, according to his own words, “before going to another world.”
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