'Death of Iraqi children worth it': former US Secretary of State in resurfaced video

Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, commented on the departure of Madeleine Albright, the former US Secretary of State, reminding people of Albright’s justification of the death of Iraqi children due to the sanctions imposed on their country.

"Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State, the ideologist of the bombing of Belgrade, died yesterday, on the eve of the anniversary of her Balkan achievements," Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

Zakharova added that Albright's ‘legacy’ was not just bombing the Serbs, recalling a statement Albright made about Iraqi children dying due to sanctions.

On CBS's 60 Minutes show on May 12, 1996, journalist, Leslie Stahl, raised the topic of sanctions against Iraq. "We have heard that more than half a million children have died from the sanctions against Iraq. More than in Hiroshima. And do you think the price was worth it?" the journalist had asked Albright. "a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it," Albright said.

"Only a monument to her was erected in Kosovo for the murders of Serbs. The opening ceremony was attended by Kosovo President Hashim Thaci. Former field commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which traded in the organs of killed Serbs," Zakharova said.

Zakharova ended with: "To understand who we are opposing in this world."