Nikolić attends WW1 event in Belgium

Nikolić attends WW1 event in Belgium

LIEGE -- Tomislav Nikolić has arrived in Liege, Belgium, and is attending the central event commemorating 100 years since the start of World War I on the western front.

After the ceremony, the Serbian president, who went to Liege at the invitation of King Philippe of Belgium, will lay wreaths and flowers at the monument to King Albert I and the memorial and graves to the fallen Serbian soldiers at the Robermont cemetery.

King Philippe of Belgium is leading the ceremony in Liege that is bringing together French President Francois Hollande, his German counterpart Joachim Gauck and other heads of state and representatives of over 80 countries.

Extremely high security measures are in force in Liege, with the strong police presence because, as police officials note, some delegations required a high level of security.

The main ceremony in remembrance of the German invasion of Belgium is being held at the Allies' Memorial in Cointe.

After the ceremony, an international commemoration will be held on Monday evening in Mons on the border with France, where British troops set up the defenses, while London and Paris were doing their best to prevent a German advancement in late August.

A majority of world powers were involved in the Great War that lasted from 1914 to 1918, mobilizing over 60 million people, out of which 15 million lost their lives, and over 20 million suffered injuries.

The victory of the Allied forces, including Serbia, marked the break-up of four big empires- Austria-Hungary, the Russian, German and Ottoman empires and emergence of new states in central and eastern Europe.

Serbia paid its victory dearly- the country...