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8 hours agoStoltenberg: Bombings against Serbs were legal and necessary
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Today, it has been 20 years since the end of NATO bombings against the Milosevic regime. On 20th anniversary of the end of NATO bombings against Serbian forces, Secretary General NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has said these bombings were necessary and legitimate. According to Stoltenberg, history has also shown that bombings against Serbia in [...]
On 20th anniversary of the end of NATO bombings against Serbian forces, Secretary General NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has said these bombings were necessary and legitimate.
According to Stoltenberg, history has also shown that bombings against Serbia in 1999 were necessary and legitimate because, as he put it, they stopped violence and defeated refugees back home.
Stoltenberg also said that at the time, it was KFOR, which helped create a safe environment in Kosovo for all, including the Serb community and all other communities living in Kosovo.
I know that NATO is still causing controversy in Serbia. Many are still ill by the air campaign in 1999. It's even harder for those who have lost loved ones. Every lost innocent life is a tragedy and we have a lot of regrets about this”, Stoltenberg said in an interview given for “Politika”
Stoltenberg in this interview once again reiterated what he had said in Belgrade in October of his year, that the bomber campaign against Serbia was never directed against the Serbian people, since, according to him, NATO, aimed at halting Milosevic's actions.
Instead, the goal was to protect civilians in the wider region by preventing the actions of the Milosevic regime, which the international community condemned. We must never forget the past, but we must learn from it and leave it behind”, Stoltenberg stressed.
He added that this is what NATO and Serbia are doing through partnership, which is useful for NATO, Serbia and the wider region.
Stoltenberg stressed that NATO appreciates the partnership it has developed with Serbia and hopes for a better future.
“We fully respect Serbia's neutrality policy, as demonstrated by Austria, Sweden and Finland, neutrality and partnership with NATO are not mutually exclusive. Our partnership is good for Serbia, and this is good for the Western Balkans and good for NATO”, Stoltenberg stressed.
The secretary general of the North Atlantic Alliance has noted that the world is facing the most unexpected security situation in the world in recent years, but that as he stressed, NATO is a positive force in establishing a stable international order.
