Pierre Cochard (BETAPHOTO/AMIR HAMZAGIC/DS)
French Ambassador to Belgrade Pierre Cochard said on April 12 that the resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica being drafted by the U.N. was not directed against any country or people.
Cochard told the Serbian Broadcasting Corporation that the resolution was not directed against any country or people. He went on to say that it recalled the painful events of 30 years ago, and that its purpose was not to point a finger, but to restate the desire to avoid war and violence in the region. He added that France understood the sensitivity of the topic in the region.
According to him, the presidents of Serbia and France, Aleksandar Vucic and Emmanuel Macron, have decided to continue to work together on this subject and on avoiding war and violence in the region so that dialogue may triumph and so that Western Balkan countries may continue "integration in the direction of Europe" in peace.
The Srebrenica Memorial Center said in a press release on April 12 that France will be a co-sponsor of the resolution on the genocide which U.N. members will vote on in a General Assembly session.
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