ZAGREB, Oct 15 (Hina) - A two-day conference on the reconciliation inthe former Yugoslavia, which began in Belgrade on Friday evening, haspooled representatives of nongovernmental organisations, scientists,diplomats and some other
individuals engaged in various activitiesaimed at the establishment of the truth and reconciliation inBosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro, Kosovo, Croatia as well as inSouth Africa and Northern Ireland.
ZAGREB, Oct 15 (Hina) - A two-day conference on the reconciliation in
the former Yugoslavia, which began in Belgrade on Friday evening, has pooled
representatives of nongovernmental organisations, scientists, diplomats and
some other individuals engaged in various activities aimed at the establishment
of the truth and reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro,
Kosovo, Croatia as well as in South Africa and Northern Ireland."Patriotism and state reasons cannot be an excuse for covering up crimes
such as the one perpetrated in Srebrenica during the war in
Bosnia-Herzegovina," Serbian President Boris Tadic said at the beginning of the
conference, organised by the national Victimology Society and the German
Friedrich Ebert foundation.
Croatian Ambassador to Belgrade, Tonci Stanicic said that the essence of
reconciliation is for all peoples, involved in the wars, to establish the
truth, for their own sake, about what happened rather than trying to prove it
to others.