“Today’s draft resolution risks being misinterpreted as a message that could undermine efforts for regional reconciliation and the European future of the Western Balkans,” stated Evangelos Sekeris, the Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations. His statement explained Athens’ decision to abstain from yesterday’s vote at the UN General Assembly on establishing an International Day of Reflection and Remembrance of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica. The resolution, proposed by Germany and Rwanda, received 84 votes in favor, 19 against, and 68 abstentions, including from Greece and…
