As part of the Day of the Missing Persons during the last war in Kosovo, tributes were paid today at the Monument of the Missing Persons near the Kosovo Assembly.
The acting Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, alongside his cabinet members, representatives of associations, and family members, honored the memory of those missing during the war by laying flowers at the monument.
The head of the Government Commission on Missing Persons, Andin Hoti, stated that the issue of the missing is not just an individual wound but a wound affecting the entire Kosovar society.
He emphasized that normalcy cannot be achieved without uncovering the truth and establishing justice.
According to Hoti, disappearances, killings, and the concealment of bodies in mass graves are crimes against humanity and acts of pure genocide, for which justice is still sought at international instances.
He underlined their determination, stating that they will not stop until the fate of the last missing person is known.
The British Ambassador, Jonathan Hargreaves, also took part in the tributes, KosovaPress reported.
After the end of the Kosovo war in 1999, around 6,500 persons were initially reported missing. Since then, several exhumations have taken place in mass graves across Kosovo and Serbia, and so far, about 70% of the missing have been found.
The latest excavations were carried out in Bishtazhin, Gjakova, where the remains of over 10 Kosovars killed during the war were discovered.
