According to Ollongren, the international community had promised to protect the people in the enclave. “Assuming that it would be enough. The Netherlands also participated, with the best intentions,” said the minister in Potocari. She said she could not take away the suffering of the relatives. “But what we can do is look the memory straight in the eye.”
“The horrific genocide is the fault of only one party: the Bosnian Serb army. Fortunately, important responsible persons have now been tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.” However, she thought an apology was appropriate, given the shared international responsibility of the Netherlands “for the situation in which this could happen”.
Relatives of victims have previously said they want a new investigation into what happened in July 1995. For example, they want to know why the Dutch military did not receive the requested air support.