Russia-Belarus Congress Condemns Interference in Yugoslavia
The first congress of the Union Public Chamber of Russia on Belarus on Wednesday condemned Western interference in the internal affairs of Yugoslavia.
Participants to the Moscow meeting adopted a statement on the "inadmissibility of interference in the internal affairs of sovereign Yugoslavia," the Itar-Tass news agency reported. "A year has passed since the U.S. and NATO aggression against sovereign Yugoslavia," the statement said. "As a result of massive air strikes and bombings, thousands of peaceful people died and the economic potential of the country was seriously damaged." It noted that the presence of multinational contingent in Kosovo "has not brought ethnic peace and accord to the autonomous (Yugoslav)province."
More and more people are starting to realize that "the peacekeeping mission forced upon Yugoslavia has failed, and the growing tension is fraught with dangerous consequences for other Balkan countries as well," the statement said.
It demanded that "component bodies of Yugoslavia be given the right to restore order in their own home."
