Acting Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, participated today in the commemoration ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, alongside Deputy Prime Ministers Donika Gërvalla and Emilija Rexhepi, where they honored the victims of the largest massacre in Europe since World War II.
In a message shared on social media, Kurti expressed condolences and solidarity with the families of the victims, stating that despite the pain, they have not been broken.
“Sorrow has not broken them, nor has pain weakened them, even though their suffering continues—just like the denial of the genocide that took their loved ones,” Kurti wrote.
He recalled that during this massacre, carried out by Serbian forces under the command of war criminal Ratko Mladić, 8,372 Bosniak men and boys were brutally murdered.
Kurti emphasized that the genocide in Srebrenica was not an isolated event but a warning of the genocidal campaign that would later reach Kosovo. He pointed out that the infamous “Scorpions” paramilitary unit, which took part in the executions in Srebrenica, later came to Kosovo to commit similar crimes—among them, the execution of the Bogujevci, Duriqi, and Llugaliu families in Podujeva on March 28, 1999.
He also noted that the Kosovo Assembly adopted a resolution in 2021 condemning the genocide committed by the Serbian regime in Srebrenica and called on all states to intensify efforts to bring those responsible to justice. Furthermore, a year ago, the Government of Kosovo officially declared July 11th as a Memorial Day to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide.
“Peace and reconciliation in the Western Balkans, without justice that punishes the criminals and restores dignity to the victims, remain nothing but a ceasefire and a deception,” Kurti concluded.
