Igor Ivanov Quotes

After four years since the beginning of the tragedy in the Balkans, we have to recognize the painful fact that this conflict has brought nothing but grief, suffering and destruction, ... There have been no winners in this war, nor could there have been any. Everyone has lost -- the Serbs, the Croats, the Muslims and Europe as a whole.

Igor Ivanov

• War
• Lost
• Beginning
• Suffering
• Grief
• Destruction
• Recognize
• Winners
• Balkans

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  • War
  • Society
  • Humanity

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  • Body
  • Naked

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  • Way
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• After four years since the beginning of the tragedy in the Balkans, we have to recognize the painful fact that this conflict has brought nothing but grief, suffering and destruction, ... There have been no winners in this war, nor could there have been any. Everyone has lost -- the Serbs, the Croats, the Muslims and Europe as a whole.

  

  Igor Ivanov
  • War
  • Lost
  • Beginning