“Washington was tempted to take the situation around the world under its complete control, to move away from the principles of coordinating approaches to international problems on the basis of the UN Charter and to solve all the issues that arise in order to dominate all regions of the world,” the minister said in an interview with NTV.
At the same time, he noted that Moscow was doing everything possible to stop the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999.
According to Lavrov, the “Yugoslav history” was also associated with the desire to push NATO to the east.
“The operation itself, when bombing Serbia, was carried out with gross violations of all principles of international humanitarian law, because they bombed purely civilian objects,” he noted.
Lavrov also added that in 1999 all Western countries from among the permanent members of the UN Security Council zealously advocated the use of force against Yugoslavia.
“They were supported by the former non-permanent members of the UN Security Council in Canada, the Netherlands,” he added.
On March 24, 1999, the NATO military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began. The main reason for the operation was that the NATO leadership called "the prevention of the genocide of the Albanian population in Kosovo."