Serbian President Aleksandar
Vucic said he plans to travel to New York again next week to
address the U.N. General Assembly again and call for a vote
against the Srebrenica genocide resolution. This document is
expected to be submitted to the Assembly for consideration.
Serbia opposes it, arguing that the real goal of the resolution
is to place the stigma of 'genocidal people' on the Serbs, which
Belgrade rejects, believing that there were heinous crimes in
Srebrenica, including against Serbs, but that in no case can one
speak of genocide against the Bosnian Muslim population, as
established instead by international justice regarding the
massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim civilians by Ratko Mladic's
Bosnian Serb troops.
Speaking Friday at an election rally of his conservative SNS
party ahead of the June 2 administrative vote in Belgrade and
dozens of other municipalities, Vucic said he was not overly
optimistic about the outcome. However, it is possible that the
votes in favor of such a resolution, supported by all the major
Western powers, will ultimately be fewer than expected. "Can we
defeat America, Germany, and the other major powers? It is
difficult, But you will see that even for them, it will be very
difficult to defeat Serbia," Vucic said at the rally held in
Lazarevac, south of Belgrade.
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