The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB), an umbrella organization advocating on behalf of 350,000 American and Canadian
Bosniaks condemns the most recent statement of Serbia’s ambassador to
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ninoslav Stojadinovic.

According to Tanjug, Glas Srpske Mr. Stojadinovic made an inaccurate and insensitive statement that Bosniaks have not faced their past and didn’t deal with war crimes like Serbia had done. It is most embarrassing for a diplomat like Mr. Stojadinovic who operates at such a high level to choose to misrepresent or is blissfully ignorant of the historical facts. Most of these facts are clear and widely known that Mr. Stojadinovic must be aware of them:

Serbia participated directly in the aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Serbian forces committed gruesome atrocities against civilian population, including genocide against Bosniaks in Bosnia and
Herzegovina;

Serbia supported and hid war criminals, such as Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic until it was convenient for its government to hand them over to the authorities in the Hague.

These are just some of the historical facts that Mr. Stojadinovic must know. His misleading statements are slap in the face to thousands of innocent Bosnia and Herzegovina victims, and orphaned children who lost their parents to the Serbian nationalists dream of a Greater Serbia that, until just a short while ago, Mr. Stojadinovic’s government was fully supporting.

He should apologize for the intentional misrepresentation aimed at Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In the words of the great Abraham Lincoln “No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.” Mr. Stojadinovic’s memory seems to be fading quite rapidly.

On behalf of CNAB,

Kemal Hamulic, spokesperson