NATO AGGRESSION AGAINST FRY MARKED BEGINNING OF SHIFT IN GLOBAL ORDER

BELGRADE, MARCH 23 /SRNA/ - The NATO aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia /FRY/, which began on March 24, 1999, marked the beginning of changes in the global order, said Mitar Kovač, director of the Eurasian Security Forum.

"The beginning of destructive actions against the FR Yugoslavia and the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia represent a test for everything we see today in the world - aggressive actions, violence, wars, and changes in the global order. We can freely say that the global order began to change with NATO's aggression against the FR Yugoslavia and Serbia," Kovač told SRNA.

He noted that the total damage caused by the NATO aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia amounts to more than 110 billion Euros, but that the greatest loss is the loss of human life, which is immeasurable.

Mitar Kovač added that the consequences of the NATO aggression are extremely significant and are still felt today.

"The synergy of those consequences burdens Serbian society, but for now there is no international act that would formally recognize this aggressive action in terms of an obligation to compensate for the damage," Kovač said.

He stressed that the NATO aggression must not be forgotten, both for our own sake and for the sake of those who participated not only in the bombing of the FR Yugoslavia, but also earlier in the bombing of Republika Srpska.

He reminded that participants in the NATO aggression cooperated with enemies of the Serbian people during the wars of the 1990s and supported their actions in Croatia, BiH, and Kosovo and Metohija, and that the product of their destructive actions is a false NATO state, Kosovo.

NATO began its aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on March 24, 1999.

The bombing lasted 78 days; 1,031 members of the army and police were killed, along with around 2,500 civilians, including 89 children.

During the 11 weeks of the aggression, almost no city in Serbia was spared. NATO carried out 2,300 strikes and dropped 22,000 tons of munitions, including 37,000 banned cluster bombs and those filled with depleted uranium.

In order to separate the southern Serbian province from Serbia, NATO violated the United Nations Charter and its own founding act, which defines it as a defensive alliance, thereby breaching international law.