The Balkan Museum Network expresses its deep concern for the loss of human lives and the destruction of cultural heritage monuments in Ukraine. We plead the sides in this horrible conflict to immediately stop the war. We condemn the suffering of innocent humans and devastations to culture and heritage, as the region that truly knows how difficult it is to heal the scars and traumas that remain decades after the conflict.

We are greatly troubled with militarization of the world and implications this conflict has, as well as its legacy on future generation. We are certain we should be joining in solving the issue of climate change and mass extension as the most pressing issues that requires the participation and resources of the whole humankind.

BMN stands in solidarity with all cultural and heritage organizations and individuals in Ukraine.