The Organization of the War Veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army (OVL-UÇK) has strongly reacted to recent decisions by the Serbian Parliament, accusing them of continuing narratives that “rehabilitate war crimes.”
In its statement, OVL-UÇK said that while Kosovo continues to search for missing persons from the war period, Serbia is simultaneously glorifying individuals linked to crimes committed during the conflict in Kosovo.
“By elevating figures directly connected to the state-led genocide against the Albanian people, the Parliament of Serbia proves that this state has not repented for its criminal past,” the statement said.
The organization also called for a clear and firm response from the United States and the European Union, warning that silence in the face of such actions amounts to moral complicity.
“We demand that the U.S. and the EU react decisively to this unprecedented decision, because silence in the face of narratives that rehabilitate crimes against humanity is moral complicity,” it added.
The reaction comes after an exhibition was recently opened in the Serbian Parliament dedicated to Special Police Units and their commander, Obrad Stevanović.
Images from the opening showed Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić, a former spokesperson for Slobodan Milošević, greeting and shaking hands with veterans, a gesture widely criticized as ignoring documented war crimes.
Human rights organizations have also described the exhibition as an attempt at historical revisionism and distortion of established facts about the war in Kosovo.
