Serbia will never join NATO, Vuçiç says

24/03/2017 00:00

Serbian Prime Minister Alexandar Vuçiç said his country will never become a member of NATO or any other military alliance.

Speaking on the 18th anniversary of NATO bombing the country to stop a bloody campaign of Serbian military and paramilitary forces in Kosovo, Vuçiç said: “We will never be part of the alliance which killed our children, nor of any other alliance. They wanted to destroy and humiliate small Serbia and kill its children.”

Anti-NATO sentiments run high in Serbia since the 78-day bombing in 1999 over a bloody crackdown by Serbian forces against Albanians in Kosovo. Serbian officials claim that more than 2,000 people were killed in the airstrikes while independent estimates put that figure at about 800, mostly soldiers and police.

Even though Serbia has officially requested EU membership, it has increased military cooperation with Russia, the latter agreeing to send military airplanes, tanks and other equipment in the Balkan country.

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