The mayor of Srebrenica, Mladen Grujicic, said that two commemorations for the victims of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be held in this city, with the assessment that the war scars in that area will not heal for a long time.

“We Serbs, remember over 3,500 of our people who died from 1992 to 1995 in Podrinje from July 7 to 12, with cultural and sports events and a commemoration in the village of Zalazje,” Grujicic told the daily Vecernje Novosti.

The commemoration of the anniversary of the genocide will be held on July 11 in Potočari, and Grujicic stated that he has not received any information as to who will participate in this year’s commemoration, adding that “even 28 years after the end of the war, peace has not fully returned to Srebrenica.”

He stated that on the eve of that commemoration, the situation in the city, unlike the period until 2018, is calm and that “there are no threats from Bosniaks,” Beta news agency reports.

“We still understand their pain, and they still don't understand ours,” said Grujicic, stating that the non-governmental organization Mother Srebrenica “is an engine of hatred among people.”

On July 11, the anniversary of the genocide against Bosniaks committed by Serb forces in July 1995 will be marked, in the Memorial Center of Srebrenica – Potocari. There, the remains of 30 genocide victims will be buried, thus joining over 6,000 already buried Podrinje Bosniaks.