Mikerevic's appearance at the ceremony was a milestone, as the Bosnian Serb government has often downplayed the massacre or denied that it occurred.
Mikerevićevo prisustvo na komemorativnoj svečanosti predstavlja prekretnicu, pošto je vlada bosanskih Srba često umanjivala obim masakra ili poricala da je do njega uopšte došlo.