Kurti: A recak was needed for NATO and the West to understand that bloodbath should become normal

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, in his speech at the memorial ceremony of Recak's Massacre, has said this January 15th 1999 massacre is a crucial date of our century.

He said the echo that Recak's massacre took caused the world to prevent such horrors from becoming normal.

The murder must take on the extent of genocide, of the massacre so that it can awaken public attention. Only as a massacre the issue gains media dignity, only then can the victim of a certain violence reach out to a public who has something in his hand. It also needs to increase the attention and sensitivity of some diplomatic personalities that may raise voices. Cameras and images were needed. So a host of factors to bring the massacre to the entire public scene. How many massacres were committed by the Serbian state camera in Bosnia and Kosovo, which did not have the approval of these factors. The massacre covered by the grave and silence on the large public scene”.

A recak needed for NATO and the West to understand when the slaughter did not stop it could turn into normal. Right, this Recak denies Serbia today, because Recak is not only a massacre, but also a crucial date in our century, is the date behind a collective military response and a collective awareness political, intellectual, media taking a stand and calling a state military conduct unacceptable”.

Kurti said the history of independent Kosovo is not written without Recak and over 400 massacres that took place in Kosovo's 98-99 regions and municipalities.

Our memory is forever touched, because the images gave us vivid images of their horror. If we fail today, something is wrong with our conscience. On January 15th, Recak was found surrounded by Serbia's special and paramilitary military police, who killed 45 unarmed and innocent civilians. Echo of the act of genocide that took place above Recak resounded throughout the world. The crime news that happened at Sadik Osmani reached every corner of the world”.

Kurti said these crimes testified that Milosevic's third Yugoslavia wanted Kosovo without Albanians.

Prior to those attending, where some of the foreign ambassadors were, Kurti said Serbia continues to deny Recak's Massacre, which it said was documented by internationals in 1999, adding that denying genocide is the last phase of genocide.

Prime Minister Kurti said Kosovo is for revenge, but that it seeks justice.