Srebrenica
"Resolution won't be adopted, I'm going to Srebrenica" - PM
PM Aleksandar Vucic has announced that his cabinet made a unanimous decision that he should travel to Srebrenica on July 11 as a representative of Serbia.
Speaking at an extraordinary news conference late on Tuesday, he pointed out that the British resolution on Srebrenica in its present form "will not be adopted" by the UN Security Council, and that he received guarantees for that.
China proposes postponement of voting on British draft
China has proposed a postponement of the voting in the UN Security Council on a British draft resolution on Srebrenica.
China believes that consensus among all UN Security Council members should be achieved first.
FM: Russia has not submitted its draft to UN
Serbian Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday that Russia has not submitted its draft resolution on Bosnia-Herzegovina to the UN.
For that reason, only the British draft on Srebrenica will be put up for a vote later today at the UN Security Council.
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Serbian President Appeals to British Queen Over Srebrenica
President Tomislav Nikolic asked Queen Elizabeth II to urge the British government to drop its UN Security Council resolution on Srebrenica, despite the fact that the monarch does not set political policy.
Britain submits sixth version of its draft to UNSC
Britain has submitted a new, sixth version of its resolution on Srebrenica to the UN Security Council, Serbia's state broadcaster RTS is reporting.
This version is "more unfavorable for Serbia than the previous draft," according to the RTS website.
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100,000 Bones Exhibit to Open in Srebrenica
On the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, an artwork made up of 100,000 ceramic bones will be installed to commemorate the victims whose remains were found in mass graves.
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"West was deeply involved in Bosnian war" - govt. official
The British resolution on Srebrenica, "whatever it will be like," does not contribute to reconciliation at this point in time.
This is what head of the Serbian government's media office Milivoje Mihajlovic told the state broadcaster RTS on Monday.
"U.S. and Britain abandoned Srebrenica to its fate"
The British daily Guardian writes that "new research reveals Britain and the U.S. knew six weeks before the massacre in Srebrenica that enclave would fall."
But, said the article - headlined, "How Britain and the U.S. decided to abandon Srebrenica to its fate," and authored by Florence Hartmann and Ed Vulliamy - "they decided to sacrifice it in their efforts for peace."
"If we're forced out - we're taking RS with us" - Dodik
Milorad Dodik said on Sunday that UN's adoption of a British draft resolution on Srebrenica "would mark the disintegration of Bosnia-Herzegovina."
PM: Resolution deepens differences
Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that a British draft resolution on Srebrenica "only deepened differences and stirred up heavy emotions."
According to the Serbian prime minister, the nature of the document is "contrary to the arguments of Britian that it was aimed at reconciliation."
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