"The criminal act of NATO aggression brought us back to ourselves and to values that must not be questioned," said Patriarch Porphyry at the state commemorative meeting on the anniversary of the NATO bombing
On the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of those who died in NATO aggression 26 years ago, throughout Of Serbia Wreaths were laid.
Patriarch Porphyry he said in a speech at the commemorative gathering at the airport "Colonel-Pilot Milenko Pavlović" in Batajnica that each of us could have been in the place of three-year-old Milica Rakić and Colonel Pavlović, innocent victims sacrificed for the freedom of our people and for peace.
"The criminal act of NATO aggression brought us back to ourselves and to values that must not be questioned. And that is first of all Christ's commandment to 'love your neighbor' and also your enemy. Unfortunately, we know that hardly anyone among us is capable of loving their enemy, but I call on all of us to have insight into the words of Christ, not to forget them, and not to act contrary to them, which is to hate because hatred begets hatred and creates a spiral of evil," said the patriarch Porphyry.
Vucevic: Serbia mourns and remembers, Serbia will not stop
On the 26th anniversary of the start of the NATO bombing, Prime Minister in technical mandate Miloš Vučević said that this crime remains a crime without punishment to this day and said that Serbia will preserve the memory of all those who defended the country and gave their lives for it.
"On this day, March 24, 1999, 19 of the strongest attacked Serbia, thus trampling on international law and the decisions of the United Nations Security Council, and for the next 78 days they destroyed our homeland, killed our children, demolished our bridges, factories, schools, hospitals, media houses," Vučević said in a post on Instagram.
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Dacic: The citizens were only defending their territorial integrity and sovereignty
Retired Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dačić laid wreaths in front of the SIV 3 building in New Belgrade in memory of the police officers who died.
Dacic said that those who gave their lives for Serbia will never be forgotten, and that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will always support their families.
"Today is the day when we always remember the beginning of the aggression against our country. The illegal aggression that was launched without the appropriate decision of the UN Security Council. The citizens of Serbia, and then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, were only defending their territorial integrity and sovereignty, and were exposed to brutal aggression where thousands of soldiers, policemen and ordinary citizens died," said Dacic.
On behalf of the Government of Serbia, wreaths were laid by the outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marko Đurić, at the Memorial to the Children Victims of the Bombing in Tašmajdan Park.
Commemoration of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of NATO Aggression in Kosovo and Metohija
In the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, the anniversary was marked by a minute of silence and the laying of wreaths at the monument to the Milić brothers, by Milena Parlić, assistant director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, representatives of the Provisional Authority of the Municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica and the Serbian List.
The anniversary of the start of the bombing in Gračanica was marked with a memorial service, laying of flowers and a literary and poetic lesson. The national anthem of Serbia "God's Justice" was also performed.
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