Kosovo marks 10th anniversary of Račak

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci say that Kosovo "will not forget the Račak massacre of 1999, but that it will not seek revenge".

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Friday, 16.01.2009.

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Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci say that Kosovo "will not forget the Racak massacre of 1999, but that it will not seek revenge". At a commemorative session yesterday to mark the tenth anniversary of the murder of 45 civilians in Racak, Sejdiu said that the majority of war crimes in Kosovo had occurred between 1998 and 1999. Kosovo marks 10th anniversary of Racak “That is when Serb forces turned Kosovo into scorched earth, destroying more than 130,000 homes, hundreds of religious buildings and killing 13,000 Albanian civilians, while taking the bodies to Serbia to hide the crimes,” he said. The Kosovo president said that despite everything that had happened, Kosovo was interested in good neighborly relations with Belgrade, but added that Serbia “does not have a single leader who accepts that Serbia committed crimes against humanity in Kosovo.” Thaci said that the massacre in Racak had “sped up the diplomatic and military process against Milosevic’s forces,” and thanked then head of the verification mission to Kosovo, William Walker, who, Thaci said, had “stood on the side of justice.” Walker was awarded a Gold Medal for Humanism at the commemorative session. Albanians commemorate the Racak massacre (FoNet)

Kosovo marks 10th anniversary of Račak

“That is when Serb forces turned Kosovo into scorched earth, destroying more than 130,000 homes, hundreds of religious buildings and killing 13,000 Albanian civilians, while taking the bodies to Serbia to hide the crimes,” he said.

The Kosovo president said that despite everything that had happened, Kosovo was interested in good neighborly relations with Belgrade, but added that Serbia “does not have a single leader who accepts that Serbia committed crimes against humanity in Kosovo.”

Thaci said that the massacre in Račak had “sped up the diplomatic and military process against Milošević’s forces,” and thanked then head of the verification mission to Kosovo, William Walker, who, Thaci said, had “stood on the side of justice.”

Walker was awarded a Gold Medal for Humanism at the commemorative session.

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