Statement by the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, on the occasion of February 23rd, Global Day of Action to Close Foreign Military Bases
Ever since its foundation, the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals stood fast against foreign military bases, because they have always been, and keep on being used as an instrument of subjugating and destabilizing nations and states and smothering democracy therein, under the pretext of preserving peace and spreading democracy. Foreign military bases are but an anomaly remained from the Cold War and NATO’s expansion to the East and its hegemonism, as the image of the unipolar-formatted world order. They are the biggest polluters that have also served as undisclosed prisons and transit stations for illegal drug trafficking, spreading prostitutions, and the like.
The Belgrade Forum expresses our full solidarity with all fellow fighters against foreign military bases, and calls for a global accord on the closure thereof. The Forum recalls that many of those bases were erected illegally, in disregard of the democratic will of the peoples in the countries of their stationing.
The same also applies to US Camp Bondsteel, one of the largest military bases in the world, located in the territory of Serbia, more precisely, the Serbian Province of Kosovo and Metohija. It was built 26 years ago, in the aftermath of NATO’s criminal aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999. However, no previous construction approval was requested, either from Serbia or from the UN Security Council, since this particular part of Serbia has been temporarily placed under the UN Security Council’s mandate.
This is why the Belgrade Forum seeks the closure of Camp Bondsteel.
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Aerial photo of Camp Bondsteel, KFOR, Task Force Falcon Public Affairs Office (Public Domain)
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The Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals welcomes the statement by US President Donald Trump, announcing withdrawal of military resources from Europe, and expects not only mere renouncing of erecting fresh new bases, but also the closure of the existing ones.
The Belgrade Forum holds that the new US administration has no interests in upkeeping the compromised, aggressive, and arrogant policies of former administrations led by President Clinton with Newland and Albright, and by Presidents Obama and Biden.
The dismantling of Camp Bondsteel, if anything, would be an indicator of commitment to have the issue of Kosovo and Metohija resolved in a manner that is peaceful, just, balanced and in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244, the UN Charter, and the OSCE Final Act.
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