President Bajram Begaj commemorated today the 26th anniversary of the tragic events in Reçak, Kosovo, where Serbian forces attacked the innocent Albanian civilian population, killing and massacring 45 individuals.

On the anniversary of the Reçak massacre, President Begaj honored the victims and all Albanians who stood against the Serbian genocide in the fight for Kosovo’s freedom.

The President also expressed his gratitude to American Ambassador William G. Walker, who, as the head of OSCE verifiers at the time, brought the world’s attention to the crime against humanity in Kosovo from Reçak.

“The exposure of this massacre changed the history of Kosovo and the international community’s stance on it,” the President wrote in his message, accompanied by photos from the time that helped internationalize the facts of the Serbian genocide in Kosovo.

“On January 15, 1999, in the village of Reçak, 45 unarmed Albanian civilians were barbarically executed and massacred by Serbian criminal units.

The exposure of this massacre altered the history of Kosovo and the international community’s response to it. Eternal glory to the men and women of Kosovo who fought for its freedom!

Gratitude to American Ambassador William G. Walker, ‘Knight of the Order of the Flag!’” writes Begaj.

Kosovo today marks the 26th anniversary of the Reçak Massacre, in which 45 Albanian civilians were killed by Serbian forces in this village on January 15, 1999.

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