War veterans, former members of units in the Army of BiH, the Army of Republika Srpska, the Croat Defence Council, the Croatian Army, and the Yugoslav National Army went to Busovača and Vitez on 23 and 24 of November 2012 where they visited memorial sites and honoured the victims of the past war.
The visit was organised by the Centre for Non-violent Action Sarajevo/Belgrade with the support of local partner Anđelko Kvesić from the Croat Association of Prison Camp Survivors from the Homeland War in the Central Bosnia Canton located in Busovača.
The visit to Busovača included the site of the “Silos” internment camp in Kaćuni where those present were addressed by a former internee of the camp, Marijan Krajina, and the Monument to Fallen Fighters, as well as the Memorial room of the Busovača brigade of the HVO. Former commander Zdravko Babić spoke about the war travails of the brigade.
In Vitez, the visit included the memorial site of “Cisterna”, the Memorial room to honour the shaheeds and fallen fighters of ARBiH at Kruščica, and the memorial church in Nova Bila that had been used as a hospital during the war.
Unfortunately, Ahmići was not visited this time, because the Memorial for the Civilian Victims and Fallen ARBiH Soldiers was under construction.
A meeting was organised with Hamdija Karić, President of the Disabled War Veterans of ARBiH in Vitez, who supported the initiative for joint visits and expressed his personal readiness and interest in participating in similar visits in the region in the future.
Some media reports on this visit: