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Dacic: UNSC session on 1999 bombing of FR Yugoslavia still uncertain

BELGRADE - Serbia's caretaker FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday it was still uncertain whether a March 25 UN Security Council session that would mark 25 years since the 1999 NATO bombing of the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) would take place.

The session has been requested by Russia.

Trump Defends NATO Threats as 'Negotiating Tactics'

In a recent interview, former U.S. President Donald Trump defended his controversial statements regarding NATO, asserting that they were primarily strategic negotiating tactics aimed at pressuring alliance members to increase their financial contributions. The remarks, which sparked widespread concern across Europe, were portrayed by Trump as a means to prioritize U.S.

Dacic: UNSC session on NATO aggression on FRY scheduled for March 25

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic confirmed on Monday that Russia, as a UNSC member state, had proposed that the UN top body meet this month to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1999 NATO aggression on the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and that Japan, which presides over the UNSC this month, had said it would grant such a request.

Bulgaria Spends 1.87% of GDP on Defense, NATO Report Reveals

Bulgaria's defense expenditure for the year 2023 amounted to $1.9 billion (3.47 billion BGN), representing 1.87 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as detailed in the annual report released by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. This disclosure occurred during a press conference held at NATO headquarters in Brussels earlier today.

Klaus, Zeman: Kosovo a terrorist state, Prague should not have recognised it

PRAGUE - In an interview marking 25 years of their country's NATO membership, former Czech presidents Vaclav Klaus and Milos Zeman told public television broadcaster Ceska televize the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a huge mistake and that the so-called Kosovo was a terrorist state Prague should not have recognised.

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