Dačić: UDI is "continued NATO aggression"

First Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić on Monday in Belgrade addressed a conference dubbed, "NATO Aggression against Serbia: Ten Years After".

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 23.03.2009.

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First Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic on Monday in Belgrade addressed a conference dubbed, "NATO Aggression against Serbia: Ten Years After". Dacic said that the process of the unilateral proclamation of the secession of Kosovo and its recognition by certain states presents "a continuation of the bombing, pressure and aggression" which NATO carried out against Serbia and then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ) for 78 days in 1999. Dacic: UDI is "continued NATO aggression" Tanjug news agency reports that he addressed the gathering on behalf of the government, to point out that the air strikes on Serbia were carried out without a decision of the United Nations Security Council, that they present a violation of the UN Charter, the Paris Charter, the closing acts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), as well as the elementary principles of international law. "The bombing of Serbia was a consequence of a false accusation of genocide and ethnic cleansing, because of a stage-managed massacre, and the alleged guilt of the Serbian forces in Racak," Dacic said. The attacks against Serbia presented the closing stage of all the pressures put on the country since the beginning of the 1990s, according to the minister, who is also the leader of the ruling Socialists (SPS). "It is similar today. Just as then, it also happened now that the unilateral recognition of the independence of Kosovo and Metohija took place without a decision of the UN Security Council," Dacic said, pointing out that "the unilateral proclamation of secession and its recognition by certain states present a continuation of the bombing, pressure and aggression that were in force at that time". "On the grounds of the illegal manner of the air strikes, the lack of a UN Security Council decision, and the consequences of the bombing for the Serbian people, the NATO aggression constituted a crime," stated the minister. It was announced last week that the Serbian government will on Tuesday hold a special session dedicated to Remembrance Day for the victims of the NATO air strikes. For the first time since 2000, throughout the country citizens will suspend their activities and observe a minute of silence for the innocent victims as sirens are sounded at noon on March 24 – the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the attacks. The government session will be open to the public and it will be addressed by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic.

Dačić: UDI is "continued NATO aggression"

Tanjug news agency reports that he addressed the gathering on behalf of the government, to point out that the air strikes on Serbia were carried out without a decision of the United Nations Security Council, that they present a violation of the UN Charter, the Paris Charter, the closing acts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), as well as the elementary principles of international law.

"The bombing of Serbia was a consequence of a false accusation of genocide and ethnic cleansing, because of a stage-managed massacre, and the alleged guilt of the Serbian forces in Račak," Dačić said.

The attacks against Serbia presented the closing stage of all the pressures put on the country since the beginning of the 1990s, according to the minister, who is also the leader of the ruling Socialists (SPS).

"It is similar today. Just as then, it also happened now that the unilateral recognition of the independence of Kosovo and Metohija took place without a decision of the UN Security Council," Dačić said, pointing out that "the unilateral proclamation of secession and its recognition by certain states present a continuation of the bombing, pressure and aggression that were in force at that time".

"On the grounds of the illegal manner of the air strikes, the lack of a UN Security Council decision, and the consequences of the bombing for the Serbian people, the NATO aggression constituted a crime," stated the minister.

It was announced last week that the Serbian government will on Tuesday hold a special session dedicated to Remembrance Day for the victims of the NATO air strikes.

For the first time since 2000, throughout the country citizens will suspend their activities and observe a minute of silence for the innocent victims as sirens are sounded at noon on March 24 – the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the attacks.

The government session will be open to the public and it will be addressed by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković.

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