The Minister of Defense of Kosovo, Ejup Macedonci, today welcomed the decision of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to give Kosovo the status of an associate member of that assembly and assessed that it is a big step for the security of Kosovo and the region.
"The Standing Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly decided today to upgrade the Assembly of Kosovo from a parliamentary observer to an associated member. This is a big step forward for the security and prosperity of Kosovo and the region," he wrote on the X platform.
On the 25th anniversary of the start of the NATO attack, he wrote that this anniversary represents "a new chapter in the improvement of Kosovo's status in the North Atlantic Alliance."
The minister stated that the NATO intervention on March 24, 1999 was the only form that could end the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo, stop the killing of children, women, men and the elderly, systematic violence, persecution, burning and forced expulsion of the inhabitants of Kosovo by military and police forces of the former FRY.
"Therefore, March 24th is an alignment not only with the people of Kosovo, but also an agreement with the right side of human history as an action in support of the values of Western civilization, peace, freedom and democracy," said Macedonci.
According to him, while today we remember the NATO bombing as "the most righteous action of this powerful military alliance, the Serbian state continues to blame NATO and justify Milosevic's genocidal actions".
"That says a lot about the same mentality that still exists among the rulers of Serbia," he added.
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