Subject: BosNet REPORT - NATO Statement From: Nermin Zukic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ B o s N e t - Aug. 30, 1995 ======================================================================== Also available on Usenet as BIT.LISTSERV.BOSNET ________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send mail to DOC.IC.AC.UK, WITHOUT the subject: UNSUB BOSNEWS. Default format is set to DIGEST, if you have problems please contact moderator(s). ________________________________________________________________________ Regarding the last night's NATO attack on nationalist Bosnian Serb targets, Secretary-General Willy Claes issued the following statement: ``NATO aircraft operating with the provisions of Operation Deny Flight today (30 August 1995) just after 00:00 GMT (0200 local) commenced attacks on Bosnian Serb military targets in Bosnia. The air operations were initiated after the U.N. military commanders concluded, beyond reasonable doubt, that Monday's brutal mortar attack in Sarajevo came from Bosnian Serb positions. The NATO operation is ongoing and details will be provided as soon as possible. The operations were jointly decided by the Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe and the Force Commander, U.N. Peace Forces under U.N. Security Council Resolution 836 and in accordance with the North Atlantic Council's decisions of 25 July and 1 August, which were endorsed by the U.N. Secretary General. Our objective is to reduce the threat to the Sarajevo Safe Area and to deter further attacks there or on any other Safe Area. We hope that this operation will also demonstrate to the Bosnian Serbs the futility of further of military actions and convince all parties of the determination of the Alliance to implement its decisions. We call upon all parties to exercise restraint. No one should seek military benefits from our action. NATO remains strongly committed to the continued efforts of the international community, including those of the Contact Group, to bring peace to the former Yugoslavia through the diplomatic process. It is my fervent hope that our decisive response to Monday's mortar attack will contribute to attaining a peaceful settlement.'' ________________________________________________________________________