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There is no room yet, therefore, for factual and objective analysis of the recent past and of the responsibility in general for the suffering caused to the neighboring countries and to the Serbian people itself.
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The speaker says that an honest, evidence-based examination of the recent past is not possible yet. This includes asking who was responsible for the suffering experienced by neighboring countries and by the Serbian people themselves. The wording presents this kind of judgment as something that must wait until there is room for a factual and objective discussion.
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- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing transcript
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- Official Statement
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