Memorial plaque for late Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic unveiled

Belgrade, Jan 25, 2004 - A memorial plaque for late Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic was unveiled today in front of the Serbian government building in the Nemanjina street, right at the place where Zoran Djindjic was shot on March 12, 2003.

Addressing the audience, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic said that Djindjic's murder violated and hampered reforms launched in Serbia, and inflicted a great loss to the Serbian government, Djindjic's family and Serbia.

"On this same day three years ago, a democratic Serbian government led by Zoran Djindjic was formed. That is why we gathered today to unveil a memorial plaque for Zoran Djindjic, on the exact place where he was shot. We want this plaque to remind all those who enter these doors now and will enter them in the future that Serbia needs democratic changes, that Serbia must go ahead, that it must be a part of Europe and leader in the Balkans, eventually, that it must be everything that Zoran Djindjic wished," Zivkovic said.

"The vision of prime minister Djindjic has to be achieved. Those of us who had the pleasure to be his associates must take that mission as a life-long duty and I hope that those who will enter these doors in the future will take it as a duty as well. I want to express gratitude to Zoran Djindjic for all he did for his people and the state, and this memorial plaque should be a reminder of all his achievements," Zivkovic concluded.

The unveiling of the memorial plaque was attended by Serbian ministers and Djindjic's mother Mila.