"For me, it is not important if a crime was committed in Prijedor, Sarajevo, Zvornik, in Kosovo and Metohija, Vukovar, Srebrenica, Bratunac or Kravice. Crimes are crimes, no matter where they were committed, and their perpetrators must be brought to justice," Tadic said in a written statement issued on the 11th anniversary of the murder of about 8,000 Muslims from Srebrenica, who were killed by Bosnian Serb troops.
Tadic said the Hague war crimes tribunal must have equal criteria for crimes, and voiced his dissatisfaction with the verdict against Naser oric, the commander of Srebrenica's defence, whom the UN court sentenced to only two years' imprisonment for crimes against Serb civilians in 1992 and 1993.
The families of those killed demand that crimes be condemned, Tadic said, adding that in the contrary, the issue of crimes would burden good neighbourly relations and affect the future and future generations.
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivana Dulic-Markovic said the crime at Srebrenica must not be forgotten.
A statement was also issued by the Independent Journalists Association of Vojvodina, which said it was disgraceful that July 11 was not declared a day of mourning in Serbia although an initiative to that effect was submitted to Serbia's and Vojvodina's state bodies more than a year ago.
"We remind that the genocide at Srebrenica is the biggest crime in Europe after World War Two and that Serbia should pay respects to the innocent victims of a horrible pogrom," the statement said.