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ZAGREB, 20 Could 2022 – President and Supreme Commander of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanović stated on Friday on the event of the thirty first anniversary of the institution of the Special Forces that members of those models are the elite and their status must be spotless.
“We have to do not forget that of the 75 of your pals, combatants, Croatian knights, who have been killed, thirty of them have been born in Bosnia and Herzegovina and half of the remaining 45 most likely had their roots in BiH,” Milanović stated.
“That was a time when Croatia was defended by sons from small communities and cities and the least of them got here from downtown Zagreb and different massive cities,” he claimed. “We should not overlook them. We should not overlook their youngsters and descendants. They’re part of us overseas and we should not betray them.”
We’re not in alliances for them however for us
Milanović stated that wonderful expertise can greatest be gained in cooperation and interplay with others. “Small nations and small armies can not advance if they don’t seem to be in fixed contact with what’s on the surface, with what’s completely different and open. That’s the destiny and crucial of small nations as a result of a small nation that’s closed inside itself degenerates,” he added.
“We aren’t in all these alliances for his or her sake however our personal,” the president confused.
Nationwide coverage and safety are an essential precedence and they’re outlined by the democratically elected authorities, concluded Milanović.
The president laid a wreath and lit a candle at a cross in entrance of a memorial room within the barracks in Delnice in honour of the members of the Special Forces who have been killed. Tribute to the fallen troopers was additionally paid by Brigadier Normal Perica Turalija on behalf of the Defence Ministry and Hungary’s army attache to Croatia.
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