2 minutes ago24 years from halting NATO bombings, Kosovo liberation
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)It has been 24 years since the halt to NATO bombings against Serbian forces, after 78 days of attacks that had begun on 24 March. Secretary - General NATO, Javier Solana, has issued an order 10 June 1999 to prevent the bombing, while the UN Security Council has adopted [...] on the same day.
Secretary - General NATO, Javier Solana, has issued an order 10 June 1999 to prevent the bombing, while the UN Security Council has adopted Resolution 1244 on the same day, where 37,200 KFOR soldiers from 36 states were sent.
On June 12th 1999, the first NATO infantry troops have landed in Kosovo, while the evacuation of Serb forces has begun.
The mission was divided into five areas of responsibility belonging to US, English, French, German and Italian KFOR.
With NATO's entry into Kosovo, the deployment of the UN organisation's provisional mission, which would manage the country for a certain period of time, has begun.
At the same time, the Kosovo Liberation Army has also been disbanded to become the Kosovo Protection Corps.
