“Accepting and acknowledging the crimes committed during the war is essential for the families of the victims and the country as a whole”, said High Representative Valentin Inzko yesterday. “It still remains too easy to distort, deny, and manipulate the past,” he said.
The High Representative was meeting Professor Zdravko Grebo, Dino Mustafic, Dzenana Karup-Drusko and Edina Djurkovic, the public advocates of the Coalition of the Regional Commission for establishment of facts about victims and war crimes of the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia (RECOM).
The High Representative agreed with the RECOM representatives that a general and mutual acknowledgment of the crimes committed in the region is essential for the consolidation of peace and regional stability.
The RECOM representatives briefed the High Representative on the progress of the RECOM initiative and the challenges it faces.