PAVIĆ: BURNS' ATTENDANCE IN BRATUNAC IS - VERY POSITIVE SIGN THAT THINGS ARE CHANGING

BELGRADE, JULY 4 /SRNA/ – The attendance of U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser, Mark Burns, at the memorial service in Bratunac for Serb victims from the Podrinje region is a continuation of obvious change in U.S. policy toward BiH and the Serb people in general, political analyst Aleksandar Pavić told SRNA.

This, Pavić oints out, is another indication that things have definitely changed and an unequivocal message that Serb victims can no longer be ignored. "This is the first time that a Western power has clearly acknowledged Serb victims of the war. It is unprecedented and a very positive sign," Pavić said. What happened today, Pavić adds, is highly significant and indicates that there is now much greater understanding for the Serb side in the White House. Pavić expects that this gesture will not be the last of its kind by the U.S. President Donald Trump administration. "More importantly, the emphasis is on the fact that Christians suffered here, which is very important to the Trump administration. One of its foreign policy priorities is the protection of persecuted Christians wherever it is able to provide such protection," Pavić stressed. Asked whether the Serb people would eventually see recognition of the genocide committed against them during the Second World War and the wars of the 1990s, Pavić said this would happen if Serbs do not abandon their struggle for that truth and continue to present it wherever possible. "Republika Srpska has done a great deal in this regard. The Declaration on the Suffering of Serbs in Jasenovac and the Independent State of Croatia has also been adopted," Pavić said. He emphasized that the truth about the suffering of the Serb people must never become the subject of diplomatic bargaining and said he is convinced that persistence and consistency in presenting that truth will eventually produce results because changes are taking place in the West.