BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 4. The Day of
Remembrance for all those who suffered and were expelled during the
military operation “Storm,” carried out by Croatian armed forces on
August 4, 1995, was marked on August 3 in Serbia’s Sremski
Karlovci, Trend
reports citing the Serbian Defense Ministry.
The Day of Remembrance, observed under the name “Storm is a
pogrom – We remember forever,” was attended by the President of the
Republic and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Army, Aleksandar
Vučić; the President of the National Assembly of Serbia, Ana
Brnabić; the Prime Minister of Serbia, Đuro Macut; Minister of
Defense Bratislav Gašić; and Chief of the General Staff of the
Serbian Army, General Milan Mojsilović.
Paying tribute to the victims of “Storm” and attending the
memorial service led by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porfirije
were the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik; Serbian
member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željka
Cvijanović; President of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska,
Nenad Stevandić; and Prime Minister of Republika Srpska, Radovan
Višković.
Addressing those present at the Day of Remembrance, President
Vučić said that never before had so many people gathered at the
marking of “Storm” as tonight. He thanked the Krajina Serbs living
in Serbia today “for everything they have given to our country” and
“for the love they have for their Serbia.”