Vucic: Memorial centres for Jasenovac victims to be built at Donja Gradina, in Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday a proposal to build two memorial centres to commemorate the victims of the Jasenovac death camp in the WWII-era Independent State of Croatia would be tabled to the governments of Serbia and the Republika Srpska at their next joint session.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik in Belgrade, Vucic said the centres would be built in Belgrade and at Donja Gradina, Republika Srpska, and that Serbs slain at Jasenovac would be commemorated on April 23.

He also announced additional financial assistance to municipalities in the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as in Republika Srpska.

He said Dodik had informed him of his views on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Republika Srpska's efforts to preserve its rights and obligations under the Dayton Agreement.

"On behalf of Serbia, I said that we consider the Dayton Peace Agreement to be the essence of the functioning of Bosnia and Herzegovina and, of course, Republika Srpska, and that we will always support agreements of all three constitutive peoples in line with the Dayton Agreement," Vucic said.