I was a student, I was 13 years old when NATO bombed the then Yugoslavia, and I think that, unfortunately, due to very poor and irrational decision-making by some leaders of the former Yugoslavia, the NATO bombing led to great human suffering, Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović announced today.
The Public Relations Office of the President of Montenegro announced that Milatović said this at today's lecture he gave at the Faculty of Political Sciences (FPN) in Podgorica with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
"One thing that we are perhaps doing better now in Montenegro compared to the very ugly 1990s in the former Yugoslavia is that we want to be a role model, a beacon of stability, hope and prosperity for the region. And I sincerely believe that this is exactly the role of Montenegro," Milatović pointed out.
He added that "we are not the largest economy in the region, nor are we the country with the largest army or the largest population."
"But what we can be is a true role model for many countries in the region. And that, of course, we could not achieve without the support of friends, friends from the European Union countries and friends from NATO countries. That is what I hope will make the region more stable and prosperous in the future, so that the things that happened here, in the region, during the 1990s, which were devastating for the countries of the former Yugoslavia, including Montenegro, will never happen again. Mark, the next time you come to Montenegro, there is a small village in the north of Montenegro where, unfortunately, six people lost their lives during the NATO bombing, including three children. I think that would be a very important gesture on your part," Milatović said.
He said that we should all respect human life.
Six civilians in Murin, in northern Montenegro, were killed in 1999 during the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).
Rute is on an official visit to Montenegro today.
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