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“NATO’s attack on Serbia the ultimate crime against peace”

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It’s time to recognize the US-led NATO offensive against Serbia in 1999 as a historic mistake, Zivadin Jovanovic, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Yugoslavia told RT.

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