The sound of an air raid siren kicked off the ceremony at 7.45pm, the minute when the strikes began on March 24, 1999, and the airing of scenes of the bombings on a big screen.
“These are the most tragic days of our history,” Orthodox Serbian Patriarch Irinej told the crowd, many holding candles.Milosevic ordered his troops out of Kosovo on June 10, 1999.
“Their goal was clear: to beat us and humiliate us, and then give part of our territory to someone else,” he said. “We remember March 24 as the day diplomacy failed, and we express our sincere regret for the loss of civilian lives during the events of 1999,” they said in a joint statement. “We are saddened for all of those who lost their loved ones during the wars of the 1990s. We are here to honour their memory and are determined to work even harder to contribute to lasting peace and stability to the region.”
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