Serbia makes a commitment to never forget "NATO aggression"

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic warned on Friday that his country could only forget the "aggression" unleashed by the US-led NATO, in 1999, if it ceased to exist. He was marking the 24th anniversary of the military bloc's bombing campaign of the then Yugoslavia, which killed thousands. Vucic said that NATO's aggression marked the moment when "modern international law finally died" and that the US and its allies have yet to answer for their attacks, conducted in violation of international law. He also recalled that NATO failed to get permission from the UN Security Council to start the military intervention, but went ahead with it anyway. He said that NATO "carried out the aggression" for two reasons: to show that "we are the strongest and we can do everything" and to take [provinces] Kosovo and Metohija away from Serbia. He went on to say that Serbia's duty is to try to forgive, but that it can forget everything only if it ceases to exist.