(ANSA-AFP) - BELGRADE, MAY 7 - Chinese President Xi Jinping
on Tuesday criticised NATO for its "flagrant" bombing of the
Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia in 1999, warning Beijing would
"never allow such tragic history to repeat itself". Xi was
writing in Serbian daily Politika ahead of arriving in the
Serbian capital Belgrade later on Tuesday, the next stop on his
first visit to Europe since the Covid pandemic. His visit
coincides with the 25th anniversary of the bombing by the
military alliance, which was blamed on a CIA mapping error that
left three dead. "Twenty-five years ago today, NATO flagrantly
bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, killing three Chinese
journalists," Xi wrote in Politika. "This we should never
forget. The Chinese people cherish peace but we will never allow
such tragic history to repeat itself." (ANSA-AFP).
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