First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Dmitry Novikov commented on RT’s call for Serbs to leave the post of US ambassador to Serbia to Serbs to see NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 “from a broader perspective.”
“The bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 was one of such unconditional crimes against the international community, the Serbian people, and Yugoslavia as a whole. Therefore, statements that one needs to look at these events from a broader perspective can only mean one thing – a proposal to forget about the criminal acts of NATO soldiers in this territory, which is impossible, ”the deputy explained.
These events will remain in the history of the people as one of its most important and most dramatic pages, the parliamentarian noted.
“Not a word of repentance was heard from Washington, nor other statements that would disavow the events that occurred on the initiative of the United States. Against this background, hoping that the Serbs will forget, reconsider would be great naivety, ”he concluded.
Earlier, Scott called on the Serbs to look at the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO forces “from a broader perspective.”
In March, NATO called the bombing of Yugoslavia necessary and legitimate.
On March 24, 1999, NATO forces, without the sanction of the UN Security Council, launched an operation on the territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As a result of attacks by Western aviation, not only military facilities were destroyed, but also schools and hospitals. During the hostilities, which lasted 78 days, more than 2 thousand people were killed. After 20 years, the region continues to feel the consequences of aggression by the North Atlantic Alliance.