{"id":16626,"date":"2021-07-01T12:39:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T10:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=16626"},"modified":"2021-07-01T12:39:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T10:39:30","slug":"12-year-sentence-for-milosevics-aides-kurti-serbia-should-own-up-to-its-mistakes-and-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/12-year-sentence-for-milosevics-aides-kurti-serbia-should-own-up-to-its-mistakes-and-apologize\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year sentence for Milosevic\u2019s aides, Kurti: Serbia should own up to its mistakes and apologize \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PM of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, reacted to today\u2019s verdict of the UN World Court in The Hague, which sentenced the former heads of the Serbian Secret Services during Milosevic\u2019s regime to 12 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Kurti stated that the structures led by these individuals committed genocide in Kosovo as well. According to him, Serbia should accept the truth and ask forgiveness, as that is the only way to start over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, Serbia has to face its past, accept the truth, apologize and distance itself from Milosevic. Only then, can the process of reconciliation start,\u201d \u2013 said PM Kurti.<\/p>\n<p>The UN World Court in The Hague sentenced the two close accomplices of Slobodan Milosevic, &#8211; Jovica Stanishic, 70, former Chief of Serbian Secret Services and his deputy head, Franko Simatovic, 71.<\/p>\n<p>They were accused of leading paramilitary troops during the wars that took place in former Yugoslavia in the 90s. Initially, The Hague Tribunal released Stanishic and Simatovic from allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, back in 2013. 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