Vucevic lays wreath at Monument to Unknown Hero

BELGRADE - As a special envoy of the president of Serbia, PM Milos Vucevic laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mt Avala near Belgrade on Monday as part of WWI Armistice Day commemorations.

The life of an entire generation was ended for Serbia and its youth remained in the fields of Mt Cer, Kolubara, Mackov kamen and Kajmakcalan, all the way to the Karavanks, Vucevic wrote in the memorial book.

"A sacrifice unparalleled in European history. Those people died and starved, fought and bled, but did not give Serbia away. Our flag, our honour, freedom and dignity. That was the duty and the faith, the oath to freedom and to Lazar's Serbia. Thank you for everything you had and gave. Thank you for paving the way and the path. Thank you for making us worthy of being able to call ourselves your descendants. Our only oath is to be worthy of you. May Serbia live in eternity! May it be known that, on this day, we have won triumphantly as a nation and a state," Vucevic added.

Armistice Day commemorates November 11, 1918, the day of the signing of the armistice that ended WWI.