Serbia, China honor Chinese martyrs killed in NATO bombing

BELGRADE, Could 7 (Xinhua) — Laying wreaths at memorial plaques right here devoted to the three Chinese language journalists killed within the NATO bombing of the previous Chinese language embassy within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, representatives of Serbia and China on Saturday commemorated the Chinese language martyrs and condemned NATO’s “barbaric act.”

Among the many officers current on the commemoration had been Serbian Inside Minister Aleksandar Vulin, Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Darija Kisic Tepavcevic, and Tian Yishu, Cost d’affaires of the Chinese language embassy in Serbia.

“Chinese language residents that laid their lives right here, did not even must be right here, however they selected to take action, to be able to share essentially the most troublesome and saddest moments with us,” Vulin mentioned.

“Serbia won’t ever cease asking for duty for crimes carried out by NATO throughout their aggression,” Vulin mentioned. “These (Western powers) which now ask from us to align with their insurance policies ought to keep in mind their statements from 1999.”

He famous that Serbia and China “have a friendship made from metal, solid in essentially the most troublesome of instances.”

Tian mentioned that “China-Serbia friendship of metal is now taking part in a significant function within the peace and financial restoration of this area.”

“We want to proceed complete cooperation with all peace-loving international locations, each in fields of financial cooperation and safety,” he mentioned.

Svetozar Parezanin, a retired colonel of the Serbian Military who got here right here with a neighborhood citizen affiliation, held a banner with pictures of the three killed journalists — Shao Yunhuan of Xinhua Information Company, and Xu Xinghu and his spouse Zhu Ying of the Guangming Day by day newspaper.

“We keep in mind that day very properly, and we are going to always remember it. We come right here yearly to indicate our feeling of respect in direction of brotherly Chinese language folks,” Parezanin mentioned.