Wessel: EU stands indifferent to Serbia, which denies Recak massacre

Leader of The PDK has said that at this anniversary of the Recak massacre and many other massacres throughout Kosovo, Kosovo citizens also experience an injury resulting from the European Union's tolerance of Serbia for its historic responsibility for past crimes.

“The EU, not only has stood back against Serbia's continued refusal to punish war criminals, but today it is also being indifferent to Serbian efforts to rewrite history, to deny responsibility for crimes committed against our citizens. There are European officials who think Kosovo should quietly accept impunity and failure to justice for the perpetrators of the massacres committed against Albanians in 1998-1999 as the price for freedom. But they're making a serious mistake, because crimes against humanity can't be described and peace can't be built on injustice”, has merged Wessel among other things on his Facebook page.

The complete script of Kadri Wessel:

Today we commemorate the massacre of Recak, one of the worst massacres of the Serbian state against innocent civilians in Kosovo.

Other days of the year, we will equally commemorate our national wounds in Prekaz, Studies, Obria, May, Verbovc and throughout Kosovo as part of other mass crimes, which were part of the Serbian state project to wipe out the Albanian people.

But today we also experience an injury resulting from the European Union's tolerance of Serbia for its historic responsibility for past crimes. The EU, not only has stood back against Serbia's continued refusal to punish war criminals, but today it is also being indifferent to Serbian efforts to rewrite history, to deny responsibility for crimes committed against our citizens.

There are European officials who think Kosovo should quietly accept impunity and failure to justice for the perpetrators of the massacres committed against Albanians in 1998-1999 as the price for freedom. But they are in serious error, for crimes against mankind are not foretold, and peace cannot be built on unrighteousness.

Freedom is a right that naturally belongs to our nation and has been denied for a very long time. That is why the Albanian people started the liberation war in Kosovo. The road to the deprived freedom of our people has been long, difficult, and full of sacrifices.

The poor political statements issued by European officials are worthless, unless they have any effect of pressure on Serbia and are not accompanied by concrete actions to force Serbia's leadership to give up denying the state responsibility for crimes committed and condition it to undertake the punishment of the perpetrators such as Recak.

The founding of the International Tribunal for punishing Serbian crimes against Albanians is inevitable and necessary.

Otherwise, any bid for lasting peace and stability in the Balkans at the expense of justice and truth can be considered merely a utopia.

Glory!