FEDERAL MINISTER NERIN DIZDAR IN SREBRENICA: ONLY THOSE WHO ALLEGEDLY PROTECT THEM TALK ABOUT GUILT OF WHOLE PEOPLE

SREBRENICA, MAY 23 (ONASA) – Federal Minister of Displaced Persons and Refugees Nerin Dizdar is in Srebrenica today, where he says he came to support the people of Srebrenica who live there and keep alive the memory of the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica.
“We came here to send a message that the adoption of the resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica is no one’s defeat except genocidal policies, those who implemented them, those who promote them and those who deny the genocide,” said Dizdar.
Dizdar added that he wants to send a message from Srebrenica to his compatriots and fellow citizens from the ranks of the Serbian people that this is a good day for everyone and that on this day people are freed from burdens and shackles and that the guilt is not collective.
“Today, only those who claim to be the protectors of the interests of that nation are talking about the guilt of the entire nation, and I call on those people in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia to break the chains of those policies that constantly push them into the story that crime is collective, that criminals are national heroes and that giving up on the defended indefensible is their defeat,” said Dizdar.
He said that throughout Republika Srpska, attacks on returnees are becoming more frequent, from physical attacks to shooting at returnees’ houses.
“The government system of the RS can prove and show that they do not support this type of violence by discovering and appropriately sanctioning the perpetrators,” said Dizdar.
Dizdar emphasized that he hopes that everyone remembers that genocide happened and that the arrival of Milorad Dodik and others in Srebrenica will at least partially make them aware of what they are denying.
“I expect the authorities of the RS entity to accept it as the truth, as a relief, after the adoption of the resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica. The adoption of the resolution on Srebrenica is a mirror of all of us, of all those who speak out today. If someone sees an ugly image in that mirror, it’s not about the resolution, but about him looking in that mirror,” said Dizdar.
He concluded that he hopes that the resolution will have a positive effect on the returnees and on the world to activate in order to implement Annex 7 and to enable return, but that unfortunately there is an electrified situation and that red-hot heads will not take advantage of it. He called on the political elite of the RS to behave responsibly and with dignity. (end)