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"Once again the world is shaken by war, we are again witnessing political cuts.

We broke the "Never Again" promise.

Today there is more talk of arms than peace.

Thrace Day and the 110th anniversary of the Balkan War should awaken our conscience, because we have a duty to those before us and to the generations after us."

This was stated by the Vice President Iliana Yotova

Iliyana Malinova Yotova is a Bulgarian politician, the 5th Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria, at the traditional celebration-worship in front of the monument of the Edirne epic in Sofia on the occasion of Thrace Day, the press office of the presidency announced.

"We bow our heads before the feat of the brave Bulgarian soldiers who laid down their bones for a free and united Bulgaria, who fought with honor for their fellow men," Yotova pointed out.

Iliana Yotova will participate in the pilgrimage celebration in Sofia for Thrace Day

"In the long Bulgarian history, glory and victories alternate with deep wounds.

The Bulgarian Thracians – this wound has not been closed to this day.

The whole of Bulgaria is dotted with monuments, under whose granite pillars lie the bones of men and women, of children, whose only fault was that they were Bulgarians," the vice-president pointed out.

"When they decided to crush them with one of the biggest genocides of the 20th century, they went to Bulgaria in the hope that they would find a fraternally extended hand.

Many have not been able to reach this longed for freedom.

The sad Thracian songs tell about this long and painful journey.

We keep the bleached photos in the family albums," said Iliana Yotova

Iliana Malinova Yotova is a Bulgarian politician, 5th Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The Vice President thanked the Union of Thracian Societies in Bulgaria for preserving and transmitting the memory, and called for greater support for its activities.

Yotova assured that the presidential institution will continue to protect the interests of the Thracians.

"Caught up in incessant crises, in political passions and intrigues, we forget the memorable events of the long Bulgarian history that bring lessons.

Memory unites, not divides.

We must pass on the memory to our children," emphasized Yotova.

Iliana Yotova