He said that Serbs and Jews were victims of the same war, adding that they were both on the right side of history.

I believe that it is a moral obligation of all civilized people regardless if they are Christians, Muslims, Jews or members of some other creed to remember this gruesome and most tragic chapter in the history of mankind when millions of men, women and children were killed in an outrageous manner, Levy told reporters after the end of a central state commemoration at Staro Sajmiste in Belgrade.

The Israeli ambassador noted that Monday's commemoration was attended by representatives of the diplomatic corps from around the world, which proves that this remembrance day is of international significance, while it is also a reflection of greater awareness of the Holocaust.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day was marked on Monday with a central state commemoration at Staro Sajmiste in New Belgrade, a place which used to be a Nazi camp during WWII.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic laid a wreath and held a speech near the monument to the WWII genocide victims in a former concentration camp at Staro Sajmiste in New Belgrade

The central state ceremony was attended by ministers of the Serbian government, including Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic, Minister of Energy Zorana Mihajlovic, Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac, officials of the city of Belgrade, a great number of representatives of the diplomatic corps, holocaust survivors, descendents of the victims, former WWII death camp inmates, representatives of the Association of Jewish Municipalities in Serbia, the National Council of the Roma National Minority, associations and citizens.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day was designated by a UN General Assembly resolution on November 1, 2005, and Serbia has marked this day since 2006 with a number of commemorative, cultural, educational and science programs.

Source: Tanjug