24 years on, Serbia marks anniversary of NATO bombings
Serbia commemorated the 24th anniversary of NATO's aggression against Yugoslavia on Friday. The central commemorative event was held in Sombor, where the first bomb fell in 1999 and the first Serbian citizen was killed.
Serbian President Alexander Vucic, other officials and thousands of citizens attended the rally. Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Bocan Harchenko also attended the event.
Serbia's Minister of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs Nikola Selakovic laid a wreath in Tasmajdan Park in Belgrade at a memorial to three-year-old Milica Rakic and other children who were killed during the bombing.
Belgrade Assembly President Nikola Nikodijevic laid a wreath at a memorial on Strazevica hill in Belgrade, saying "it is our duty to preserve and cultivate a culture of remembrance, first of all for all those heroes who gave their lives so that we could live in peace, but also for all innocent civilians who died."
Addressing a large crowd of people who gathered at St. George Square in Sombor, Vucic said the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s aggression against Yugoslavia 24 years ago marked the death of international law.
"It is not an unimportant bureaucratic wording, but much more than that," Vucic said. Read More…
