Chinese Embassy Bombing in Belgrade: Compensation Issues (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
April 12, 2000 |
| Report Number |
RS20547 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Kerry Dumbaugh, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
U.S. and Chinese officials have reached agreement on compensation payments arising out of the May 7, 1999 NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. In the first of these agreements, on August 25, 1999, the United States made a "voluntary humanitarian payment" of $44.5 million to the families of the three killed and to the 27 injured as a result of the bombing. On December 16, 1999, U.s. and Chinese officials announced they had agreed that the United States would seek funding for $28 million in compensation for damage to the Chinese Embassy facility, and that China would pay $2.87 million in compensation for damage inflicted by rioting crowds to the U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic facilities in China. The $28 million payment is included in the FY2001 Foreign Operations Appropriation budget request, and will have to be voted on by Congress.
