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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Determined that there will never be pogrom, persecution of Serbian people again

Loznica, 3 August 2024

In the presence of the state leadership of Serbia and Republika Srpska, church dignitaries and a large number of citizens, the Day of Remembrance of all those who died and were exiled in the Croatian armed operation "Storm" was marked today in Loznica.

The commemoration was attended by Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, with members of the Serbian government, President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, Serbian parliament Speaker Ana Brnabić, President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik and Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željka Cvijanović.

At the gathering, Vučić stated that no one will ever divide and destroy the Serbian people.

There will be no more pogroms, persecutions, or tractors, but we will have to be economically and militarily stronger to deter everyone, the President emphasised, pointing out that for the past ten years, on every 3 or 4 August, that great tragedy of the Serbian people has been commemorated.

The beginning of August, these are the days of our sadness, our memories, our pain, because of the lost people, their houses, hearths, because of the lost children that we will never be able to bring back. But these are also days of pride, because those who attack us, those who are rejoicing, as they say, in their great victory, will never be able to understand that it is not a victory when you lead an operation on a tank against women, children and old men on tractors, he said.

Serbian Patriarch Porfirije said that an exodus has never been a trigger for despair among Serbs, but an incentive for hope and optimism, a free life and the arrival of future generations.

The memory of those who died during the "Storm" and those who were expelled from their properties at that time is a confirmation of our faith in peace and freedom, he pointed out and added that we have to fight with opponents of peace and haters of freedom.

The Croatian military-police operation "Storm" is marked in Serbia as criminal and is commemorated with reverence and memory of the victims of that crime.

According to data of the Veritas Documentation and Information Centre, during this criminal operation by the Croatian forces in Republika Srpska Krajina, almost 2,000 people were killed or are considered missing, and more than 220,000 Serbs were expelled from their homeland in the then Republika Srpska Krajina.

Photos: Tanjug