Ankara pays respect to Srebrenica genocide as FM visits Bosnia and Herzegovina

ANKARA

As Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has set off to pay a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ankara has once more condemned the Srebrenica genocide.

Çavuşoğlu will pay a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 10-11 to participate in the commemoration ceremonies to be held on July 11 for the anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the Foreign Ministry said in a written statement on late July 9.

“On this occasion, we once again strongly condemn this grave crime against humanity, committed 21 years ago in Srebrenica, a city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and established as genocide by the International Court of Justice, and wholeheartedly share the pain of the relatives and the families of the victims,” said the statement.