France's new prime minister Bayrow ? What had he declared in 1999 for NATO's intervention in Kosovo?

Francisco Bayrow has been appointed France's new prime minister. 73-year-old is considered President Emmanuel Macron's ally since he came to power in 2017. E Bayrow has a long history of French politics. By the time NATO intervened in Kosovo in 1999, Bayrow has been an opposition. He had backed the French leadership for intervention in Kosovo at the time.

In a “interview RTL” on April 7, 1999, had called “clever movement” launching shelling.

There was no ceasefire (from Milosevic). For now, it's a smart move. I believe that the president and the government were right to say that this truce should be forwarded to certain conditions, especially those related to refugee safety to return home immediately. And then, also, to organise the common life of Kosovo Albanians and Serbs, as both communities will have to live together once an agreement is reached. The door is not completely closed. It's simple conditions must be met. In any case, it is a sign that Milosevic, with all his arrogance, finds himself forced by the shocks to reflect. Now is not the time to stop the action”, he had declared.

Bayrow had also said that NATO bombings would be long spoken of by historians.

For ten years, Milosevic has caused 200 thousand deaths. The history of the 20th century has taught us that every time we pretend not to see something, it ends badly, today or tomorrow. And indeed, we have been disputing [with you]. It's another issue of whether the procedures could have been the different”, Bayrou, who at the time led the Union for French Democracy (UDF) party.

He had named NATO's action as intervention to respect human rights.

This interview was found in “bore-publique.fcu”, which is French website managed by an authority under the French prime minister's office with a mission for information, documentation and archive of French officials' decisions and interviews.