Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extended his deepest condolences to the families and the “Bosniak brothers and sisters” on the day of the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide and commemoration for victims.

“So that the atrocities like the Srebrenica genocide do not repeat and we will not allow that Srebrenica is forgotten, because a forgotten genocide is repeating,” said Erdogan in a video message.

He also said that there is an “open wound” in the hearts of the Turkish people and has been bleeding for 28 years.

“We will say our farewell to 30 martyrs,” he said, wishing patience to the families.

“Despite the international courts’ rulings, there are still those in BiH who deny genocide. I condemn those people with no conscience and those remorse-worthy words, and unfortunately, there are still those who support them,” said Erdogan, urging for dialogue, to preserve the peace in BiH and the Balkans.

The remains of another 30 victims have been buried on Tuesday at the Potocari Memorial Centre, with the youngest victim aged 15 at the time of the death and other two juvenile victims aged 16 and 17.

Over 8,000 persons were killed in the genocide, mainly men and boys. To date, the remains of 6,652 have been buried at the Potocari memorial. The remains of 237 have been buried elsewhere according to their families’ wishes.

For the Srebrenica genocide, the Hague war crimes tribunal sentenced to life former Bosnian Serb political and military leaders Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.