Another group of Serb children to spend holidays in Russia

Another group of Serb children to spend holidays in Russia
Itar-Tass - August 2, 2004

By Ivan Ivanov

BELGRADE, August 2 - One more group of Serb children arrives on Monday in Russia, where they will spend summer holidays at recreation centres outside Moscow.

Ninety children form Kosovo and Belgrade and ten tutors will arrive on Monday in Moscow. On August 16, another group of Serb children will replace them to stay at suburban recreation camps till August 29.

These groups include children studying Russian as well as those, who have faced tragedies in their lives - their parents were killed, houses destroyed, or they have suffered from the genocide against the Serb population of Kosovo.

The action is carried out within the framework of agreements reached between the mayors of Moscow and Belgrade. The Moscow government meets the expenses of their trip and holidays at recreation centres.

Several dozen Serb children spent New Year holidays in Moscow at the invitation of Mayor Yuri Luzhkov within the framework of a program for the development of friendly ties between the two capitals. In June, 540 children from Kosovo spent three weeks in seven regions of Central Russia.