Czech President Milos Zeman said on Friday that the bombardment of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ) was mistake, and there should be no pursue for an alibi to justify that mistake.

This way, President Zeman commented on a statement of NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, who said during his recent visit to Belgrade, that this military alliance bombarded Yugoslavia in order to protect civilians and stop Milosevic’s regime.

“I think this war was a huge mistake, and there should be no pursue for an alibi to justify that mistake,” President Zeman underlined.

During the NATO bombardment of Yugoslavia in 1999, Zeman was Czech Prime Minister. In 2014, he stated Czech Republic was the last NATO member state to give consent to the bombardment, under the strict condition that the action should involve only military objects.

“They promised they would fulfil that condition, but that condition was not fulfilled,” Zeman said in 2014.