The United States and NATO later apologised for the bombing, saying that it occurred because of an outdated map provided by the CIA, although this was challenged by a joint report from The Observer (UK) and Politiken (Denmark) newspapers, which claimed that NATO intentionally bombed the embassy because it was being used as a relay station for Yugoslav army radio signals.
Spojené štáty a NATO sa neskôr ospravedlnili za bombardovanie a hovorili, že k nemu došlo v dôsledku zastaranej mapy poskytnutej zo strany CIA, aj keď spoločná správa novín The Observer (UK) a Politiken (Dánsko) tvrdili, že to zámerne bombardovalo veľvyslanectvo, pretože bola používaná ako odvolávacia stanica rádiových signálov pre juhoslovanskú armádu.