The First Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine, Sergii Solovey, took part in the funeral and flower offering for the victims. At 3:45 pm the sirens and bells went off again in the municipality of Biscay to commemorate the beginning of the bombing of the civilian population.
Euskaraz irakurri: Gernikak eraso faxista gogora ekarri du, Moncloaren lehen gaitzespenean eta Ukrainako gerran arreta jarrita
The Biscayan city of Gernika commemorated this Tuesday the 85th anniversary of the bombing of the civilian population by the Condor Legion of the Nazi Army and Italian Fascists, with the participation in the reaction and the flower offering for the victims of the Lehendakari, Inigo Urkulluthe First Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine, Sergei Soloveyand the municipal corporation, headed by the mayor, José María Gorroño.
Councilors Josu Erkoreka, Idoia Mendia and Beatriz Artolazabal accompanied Urkullu in this act, which was held this afternoon at Zallo cemetery, in tribute to those who died in the 1937 bombings during the Civil War.
At the flower offering, in addition to the representatives of the Basque government and the city council, some survivors were present. The first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine, Sergii Solovey, was also present after the Lehendakari invited the ambassador, who was unable to attend due to scheduling problems.
Shortly before that, at 3:45 p.m., the sirens and bells have sounded again in the municipality to commemorate the beginning of the bombing of the civilian population. In addition, they have made a silent candlelight tour through the city.
15:45 Hotsak siren. Bonbardaketa hastera doa.
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3.45 pm Sirens sound. The bombing is about to begin.#gernika85 #bombardeodegernika2022 #gernikakobonbardaketa2022 #guernica #gernika pic.twitter.com/ztPhC1EIch— Gernika Peace Museum (@museodelapaz) Apr 26, 2022
The Spanish governmenthas for the first time “expressly condemned the bombing of Gernika”, in an institutional statement on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the bombing.
In a statement read by the Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory, Félix Bolaños, the government of Spain “for the first time” expressly condemned the indiscriminate bombing of the civilian population by the city of Gernika.
For its part, the Basque government He appreciated the latest steps taken by the Spanish government regarding the bombing and attached “great importance” to the presence of a senior government representative at the events organized.
In the press conference after the Basque Governing Council, his spokesman, Bingen Zupiria, recalled the bombings that “devastated” Gernika 85 years ago today, when Ukraine and its “martyr” cities suffered “the same barbarity” and called for ” Don’t forget so that something like this never happens again”.
But the mayor of Gernika, Jose Maria Gorronohas asked the Spanish government to acknowledge “Franco responsibility” for the bombing.
The mayor recalled that in 1997 the then German President Roman Herzog took “responsibility” on behalf of his country for the air raid on Gernika by the Condor Legion, “recognizing the mistake of the German aircraft and asking for forgiveness”.
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And suddenly the silence…#gernika85 #bombardeodegernika2022 #gernikakobonbardaketa2022 #gernika #guernica pic.twitter.com/v75JPoHBKo— Gernika Peace Museum (@museodelapaz) Apr 26, 2022
Source: EITB
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