Senator Alexei Pushkov did not agree with the statement of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the creative mission of the alliance in Yugoslavia. He spoke about this on January 12 in his Telegram channel.
“As a result of NATO’s ‘end to violence’ in Yugoslavia through the bombing of Belgrade and other parts of Serbia, 1,700 people were killed and about 10,000 people were injured. According to some reports, the number of deaths was even higher. Comments are superfluous, ”commented Pushkov on the words of the NATO Secretary General.
Earlier that day, Jens Stoltenberg during press conferences after the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, he said that the cause of the collapse of Yugoslavia was not the troops of the alliance, but the internal causes of the state.
“Yugoslavia did not fall apart because of NATO. There were internal reasons why Yugoslavia fell apart. NATO entered much later, based on a UN mandate to stop the atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. So the whole idea that NATO used military force to change borders in the Balkans is wrong, ”Stoltenberg said.
The meeting of the Russia-NATO Council was held on January 12 in Brussels. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the North Atlantic Alliance. Negotiations began at 10 am local time (12:00 Moscow time). The meeting lasted longer than planned – more than four hours.
The Russian interdepartmental delegation included representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The alliance was chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The meeting was also attended by representatives of 30 NATO member countries.
Russia has outlined countermeasures to the North Atlantic Alliance that it will take if there is a threat to its security, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said following the meeting.
Security guarantees are negotiated in three phases. On January 10, a meeting of the Russian and US delegations took place in Geneva. January 12 in Brussels – a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, and the next day, consultations are scheduled at the Vienna platform of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Source: IZ
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