Jens Stoltenberg said that KFOR had lifted its 16-year airspace restrictions over a 25 km zone stretching into central Serbia from the ‘administrative line’ with Kosovo, adding that NATO respected Serbia’s neutrality policy.
Stoltenberg arrived in Serbia on Thursday for a two-day visit for consultations with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.
The air security zone was established shortly after the NATO air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that lasted for 78 days and ended on June 10, 1999.
According to different estimates, between 1,200 and 2,500 were killed in the attacks. Almost 13,000 were injured. The material damage is estimated at between $30 billion and $100 billion.
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