The US Ambassador in Pristina, Jeffrey Hovenier, has reacted to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who like the leaders in Serbia, denied the Racak Massacre, saying that it is a “fabrication”.
Hovenier has said that attempts to rewrite and deny something like the well-documented Recak Massacre glorify war crimes and dishonor memories of the dead and open the wounds of survivors.
“Those who deny the atrocities in Recak seek to impede progress towards regional reconciliation, democratic consolidation and European and Euro-Atlantic integration,” wrote Hovenier.
Sergei Lavrov has denied the Racak massacre as he spoke about the massacre that Russian soldiers carried out in Bucha in Ukraine against unarmed civilians. Lavrov, while talking about these two massacres, said that they are “schemes” that according to him are convenient for the Americans, while for the Racak Massacre he said that those killed “were not civilians”.