
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, condemning NATO’s 1999 bombing of Serbia as an unjustified attack on a sovereign state. He questioned the alliance’s stated justification—that it aimed to prevent a humanitarian disaster—noting that no such crisis materialized and that no Serbian troops had entered another country’s territory.
Vučić also framed the intervention as a violation of international law, arguing that the same principles now invoked in other conflicts were disregarded when NATO acted. He stated that the U.N. Charter had been breached, and that the resulting instability had contributed to a fractured global order now defined by competing power centers and regional actors.
The president emphasized that Serbia remains committed to its European path but will not abandon traditional alliances, citing Belgrade’s direct flight connections to the U.S., China, and Russia as evidence of its balanced foreign policy. He acknowledged fatigue with the EU accession process, noting Serbia’s candidate status since 2012 and ongoing negotiations since 2014, while proposing incremental integration for the Western Balkans as a pragmatic step forward.
Vučić reiterated Serbia’s resolve to defend its territory and U.N. Resolution 1244, which affirms its sovereignty over Kosovo, and thanked nations that have not recognized Kosovo’s unilateral independence .
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