More than three decades after the Bosnian War, Luxembourg has commemorated the victims of one of Europe's darkest chapters: the Srebrenica genocide.

More than 8,000 Bosniak Muslims were killed in and around Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995. The massacre, carried out by Bosnian Serb forces from the Republika Srpska, was subsequently recognised as genocide by the International Court of Justice.

PM Luc Frieden attended a commemorative ceremony at the Srebrenica memorial in Tony Neuman Park in Limpertsberg on Sunday. The event, organised by the Srebrenica Luxembourg Committee, was also attended by Bosnian Foreign Minister Elmedin Konaković.

Addressing those gathered, Frieden recalled that he had entered Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies in 1995 and still remembered the images of the killings.

"In the heart of Europe, within a very short period of time, more than 8,000 people, men and boys, most of them Bosnian Muslims, were murdered", he said. He added that they had been targeted simply because of where they lived and because they belonged to a community and religion rejected by their attackers.

Frieden urged people to continue defending the European values of freedom, peace, and human rights.

"Let us keep saying it: never again", he stated, adding that these values should be universal, even though they lie at the heart of the European project.

Frieden reiterated Luxembourg's support for Bosnia and Herzegovina's efforts to move closer to the European Union, which he described as a symbol of the values commemorated during the ceremony.

Frieden also addressed Luxembourg's Bosnian community, praising its integration into the country over the past three decades. He noted that members of the community had entered Luxembourg's schools and workplaces, while some had established their own businesses.

"Every beginning is difficult, both for those arriving and for the society receiving them", he said. "But after 30 years, I think we can say that it has gone very well", he concluded.