Mektić: I did not say Serbs must admit genocide in Srebrenica

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - State Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Mektić denied saying that "Serbs must go through catharsis and admit the genocide in Srebrenica".

"Večernji list" edition for BiH published an interview with Minister Mektić on Saturday. In response to the journalist's question: „As a Serb, do you believe that genocide was committed against Bosniaks in Srebrenica“, the answer reads "Let's look at Germany, the German parliament again apologized for the Holocaust the other day. We Serbs must go through that catharsis and admit the genocide. No one can commit crimes, like those in Srebrenica, in my name. Those were done by sick minds and those individuals should be prosecuted."

Part of Mektić's interview for Večernji list Photo Patria

Mektić today denied the reports by "Večernji list".

"I absolutely did not comment on that question regarding Srebrenica in that way and I completely reject and deny it. I spoke about the crime in Srebrenica in the context of Milorad Dodik's statement, and that is partially mentioned in the interview, when I said that two thousand and some years ago Dodik publicly stated on television that it was `perfectly clear and unambiguous that genocide was committed in Srebrenica`", Mektić told reporters in Sarajevo. He claims that in the interview he said that there were crimes on both sides, and that, referring to some statements by high Serbian authorities, "a horrific crime was committed in Srebrenica“, „for which the Serbian people cannot be held responsible, but rather individuals who are responsible for that type of crime.“