Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of its independence from Yugoslavia, after the referendum held in 1992.
Bosnia and Herzegovina will mark Tuesday the 30th anniversary of its independence from Yugoslavia, after the referendum held on 1 March 1992.
In this context, a ceremony was held at the Martyrs' Cemetery in the capital, in which officials from the country's Presidential Council participated, according to the Anadolu Agency.
The officials also visited the tomb of the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ali Izetbegovic, and recited prayers for the martyrs of independence.
In a speech during the ceremony, the Bosnian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Shafik Jafarovic said, "Bosnia and Herzegovina is our freedom," stressing the continuation of the struggle for a better future for the children of Bosnia.
In addition to the capital, Sarajevo, many Bosnian cities witnessed celebrations and ceremonies to commemorate Independence Day.
On March 1, 1992, the referendum took place after both Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence from Yugoslavia, and the participation rate in it, as a large proportion of Serbs boycotted it, reached 63.6 percent, and ended with 99.7 percent support for independence, but the country witnessed a bloody war that lasted 3 years as a result of that independence.
The aforementioned war witnessed many massacres, most notably “Srebrenica”, before the eyes of the international community, with the signing of the “Dayton” peace agreement in 1995, after the war killed hundreds of thousands, raped tens of thousands of women, and forced millions to leave their homes.
And in early March of each year, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrates Independence Day as the "National Flag Day", while the Serbian component does not celebrate it, and considers it as any day of the year.
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