Prime Minister of Republic of Srpska Radovan Višković attended today in Bratunac the commemoration ceremony marking the 33rd anniversary of crimes committed against Serbs in Podrinje area from 1992 to 1995.

The Prime Minister stated on this occasion that the Serbian people have been gathering in Bratunac for 33 years to commemorate the crime without punishment and said:"I just wonder how many more years we will have to wait? No one has been held accountable for these crimes, and Serbs have so far been sentenced to 1,200 years for crimes committed mostly against the Bosniak people, while Bosniaks were sentenced to some 100 years, and Croats to less than 40 years". 

Prime Minister Višković continued by saying that the largest crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina occurred in Podrinje, in terms of population and recalled that the largest crimes against Serbs occurred mainly on major Serbian holidays. On the other hand there were attempts to present the Serbian people as criminals and to present some new, false truth. 

"The Government of Republic of Srpska decided to build a memorial complex in memory of all the victims. This idea was initiated by the President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik and myself. It will be built at the entrance to Bratunac, next to the main road and will cover more than 40,000 square meters. BAM 600,000 has already been given for the expropriation", Prime Minister Višković said and added that the memorial complex will contain the names and pictures of all those killed and deceased from the area of ​​the middle Podrinje and Birče.

Prime Minister Višković stressed that the Republic of Srpska respects all commemorations of the suffering of other peoples, and called on the Serbian people from the Podrinje area to be dignified on July 11, when Bosniaks commemorate the sufferings in Srebrenica and not to allow a single incident.

He said that the Government of Republic of Srpska has prepared a report with the world's leading experts which contains the truth about the suffering of Serbs from Srebrenica and Birač.

"That report will be distributed to all schools and libraries, so take it and see it, as well as the report on the sufferings of Serbs in Sarajevo. You will see that what they have been telling us today, especially the foreign media, is not exactly true," Prime Minister Višković said and added that Serbian people do not provoke, but that they have the right to protect their victims and Serbian mothers.

"Only the ambassadors of Serbia and Russia came to Bratunac today. Those who did not come, speaks about them, not about us", Prime Minister Višković concluded.