
Western countries did not allow discussions about NATO's bombing campaign against Serbia in Monday's session of the security council. Russia, a close ally of Serbia, had requested the inclusion in the agenda of the item named "threats to international peace and security" on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the bombings, of the alliance, but the USA, France and other countries abstained from the vote, preventing it. something like that.
They argued that the meeting's agenda should be approved by all members, while accusing Russia of using the event to foment division and instability in the Western Balkans.
"The US has nothing to hide regarding its support for the NATO operation in 1999. The actions were necessary to end the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. But the discussions that Russia is looking for are related to the Kremlin's efforts to to undermine stability in the Western Balkans, to fuel regional tensions in order to fulfill its ambitions to destabilize the region," said Robert A. Wood, US ambassador.
The Russian ambassador to the UN called the alliance's military intervention a major violation of international law and the UN Charter. Calling the KLA fighters criminal gangs, he said that the events of that time and the destruction of a sovereign state, according to him, has led to the current situation in Kosovo, where things have worsened.
"Some colleagues in the Security Council will say that the events of 25 years ago are history and have nothing to do with the present. But every reasonable person understands that the destruction of an independent state leads to a chaos that is increasing not only in Kosovo, but in the entire region", said Vassily Nebenzia.
China, which, like Russia, does not recognize Kosovo's independence, also supported Russia and said that NATO's intervention was a violation of international laws. The representative of China said that during the air campaign of the Western military alliance, the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was also attacked, when three Chinese journalists were also killed.