RTS: Security Council meeting scheduled to mark anniversary of NATO bombing

Although Russia proposed the holding of a UN Security Council meeting with this topic on the agenda at the beginning of March, and Japan, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the council, backed the initiative and scheduled the meeting, it has not been reported yet in what format it will be held, or whether it will be open to public, reported the RTS.

Many Western countries have criticized the initiative, saying there is no need to travel to New York because this meeting will not be held.

Serbia’s outgoing Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic however said it is an unwritten rule that, when a great power initiates the holding of a meeting of this kind, it is held.

Dacic said Serbia does not wish to be an arbiter between great powers, but to present the truth about what happened 25 years ago at the time of the bombing of the FRY when international law and the legal order were violated worldwide.

Russia's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky also said that the Western countries have criticized this initiative and stressed that this is a very unpleasant topic for them.

Last week Russia’s Duma adopted a draft document that it will present at the United Nations, in which Russia calls on international organizations and parliaments to condemn the NATO aggression on the FRY, to counter attempts to distort the truth about the tragic events of 1999, and to take measures to bring NATO member states to international legal responsibility for the aggression against the FRY.

According to unofficial information, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Miroslav Jenca is also expected to brief the meeting.