Brnabic horrified by EU ambassador’s statement on reconciliation

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Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Tuesday that she was horrified by what European Union Ambassador in Bosnia-Herzegovina Johann Sattler wrote about reconciliation.

Sattler wrote in his blog that reconciliation is insulting to victims of Srebrenica. “After an event of such inhumanity such as Srebrenica it is understandable that words such as reconciliation sound hollow, or indeed insulting to the victims. No-one can be expected to forgive genocide. And indeed, without justice, full respect and recognition for the crimes, the victims and the human loss, true reconciliation will remain impossible. This is true for all atrocities committed during the war, and especially for the Srebrenica Genocide because of the special character of the crime,” the ambassador wrote.

Brnabic said in a Twitter post that those words are horrifying. “The head of the EU Delegation in Bosnia-Herzegovina Johann Sattler says that “reconciliation is an insult to victims”. Once more: Someone who represents the EU says that reconciliation would be an insult to victims?!? This is truly horrifying and I truly hope that a mistake happened here,” she wrote.