Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic

President Lukashenko said that Belarus categorically condemns the NATO pact aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as a sovereign and independent country, which directly jeopardizes peace and security in Europe and the world and crumbles the foundations of the international legal order.

President Lukashenko expressed to President Milosevic solidarity and the strong support of the people of Belarus to the friendly people of Yugoslavia, whose firmness, unity and courage is now admired by all freedom-loving peoples in Europe and in the world.

He said that the people of Yugoslavia faced with the NATO aggression was defending its right to freedom and dignity, and at the same time the interest of the peoples of Europe, of justice and law, just as it had always done in its history.

Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko

President Milosevic thanked for the expressions of solidarity and support of President Lukashenko and the friendly people of Belarus.

He underlined that Yugoslavia, where there is a strong unity of the people, the armed forces and the leadership, will defend efficiently the country from aggression of NATO pact criminals and confirm that a people determined to fight for freedom and dignity cannot be subjugated.

The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry said that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic received a personal message from Chinese President Jiang Zemin concerning the NATO aggression on Yugoslavia.

The message of Chinese President Jiang said that the people and army of our country are waging a difficult, justified battle for the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity from the flagrant attack of NATO led by the United States and that the Chinese people expresses friendly solidarity and strong support for the people of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

President Jiang condemned in the message the policy of hegemony, force and gunboats.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin

The People's Republic of China will pursue in the international community demands and efforts in that sense, it was said in the personal message for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic from the President of the People's republic of China Jiang Zemin.