Serbian PM pays tribute to Srebrenica Muslim victims
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has paid his respects to Muslim victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, during which over 8,000 men and boys were killed by Serbian forces.
Vucic on Wednesday laid a wreath of white roses at Srebenica's memorial, in the presence of the town's Muslim mayor and Bosnian Muslim leader, Bakir Izetbegovic.
There was a heavy police presence at the memorial and in the town on Wednesday for the premier’s visit.
During a visit to the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, earlier this month, Vucic called for improved ties between Serbs and Muslims, saying this was "crucial" for the stability in the volatile Balkans.
In July 1995, Serbian death squads butchered over 8,000 Muslim Bosnian boys and men in Srebrenica in a few days, in the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
The carnage took place after Bosnian Serbs ran over the Bosnian town, even though it was formally declared a UN-protected area.
Serb troops overran the zone despite the presence of hundreds of Western troops tasked with protecting innocent civilians.
An international court later labeled the killings as genocide.
Twenty years after the massacre, workers continue their excavations to dig up the victims’ bodies from hidden mass graves, and their job is made more difficult because those responsible for the massacre often retrieved the bodies and relocated them elsewhere to hide the crimes.
In July, documents from the 1990s Bosnia war revealed that the US, Britain and France were behind the massacre.
According to the investigation cited in a report by the UK-based daily The Guardian, British, American and French governments were prepared to cede UN-protected safe areas to armed Serb militants during the Bosnia war.
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