NATO member France committed an act of diplomatic aggression by disrupting a UN Security Council meeting on the anniversary of the bombing of Yugoslavia, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at a briefing on March 25th.
“Today, on the 25th anniversary of NATO aggression against Yugoslavia, we witness another act of diplomatic aggression by France, which is a member of NATO. This time it happened at the UN Security Council.”, said Russia’s permanent representative to the UN. According to him, France’s aggression is aimed at freedom of expression, freedom of expression in the highest body of the UN.
“France and other UN members are resorting to procedural maneuvers to prevent the convening of the Security Council on an issue of extreme importance, which has serious consequences for Serbia, the current situation in Kosovo, as well as for the entire region of the Western Balkans”.”explained Vasili Nebencía.
Previously, members of the UN Security Council did not accept the Russian agenda for the Security Council meeting. At the same time, Algeria, China and Russia were in favor and 11 countries abstained, although no one was against.
Recall that on March 24, 1999, NATO forces began bombing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia under the pretext of ethnic cleansing that was supposedly taking place in the autonomous Kosovo. In 78 days, NATO aircraft carried out 38 thousand combat sorties and dropped about 80 thousand tons of bombs on Yugoslavia, including cluster bombs and depleted uranium bombs, and also launched about 3 thousand missile strikes. Up to 4,000 people were victims of the bombings and more than 12,000 were injured.
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Source: Rossa Primavera
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