President Milanović Attends Commemoration of 31st Anniversary of Military-Police Operation “Flash” in Okučani
The President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanović attended the commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the Military-Police Operation “Flash” in Okučani.
President Milanović laid a wreath and lit a candle together with his delegation at the “Kristalna kocka vedrine” [Crystal Cube of Serenity] Memorial on Franjo Tuđman Square. Apart from the Croatian President, families of fallen soldiers of the Croatian Homeland War and deceased participants from wounds inflicted during the Military-police Operation also laid wreaths, joined by the wartime commanders of units which had taken part in the Military-Police Operation “Flash” and the representatives of Croatian Homeland War veteran associations, as well as delegations of the Croatian Parliament, representatives of counties, towns and municipalities.
The delegation of the Croatian President and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces during the wreath-laying was composed of the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Tihomir Kundid, Commander of the Dr. Franjo Tuđman Croatian Military Academy Major General Slaven Zdilar, Commander of the Croatian Air Force Brigadier General Krešimir Ražov, Chief of the Operations Directorate of the General Staff Brigadier General Ivan Raos, Commander of the General Staff Command and Operations Centre of the Croatian Armed Forces Brigadier General Željko Ljubas, Commander of the Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade Brigadier General Željko Marinov, Chief of the Intelligence Directorate Brigadier General Mijo Validžić, as well as the President’s Adviser for Defence Marijan Mareković and Head of the Military Office in the Cabinet for Defence and National Security of the Office of the Croatian President Colonel Franjo Hrala. After the wreath-laying, the names of the fallen soldiers in the Military-Police Operation “Flash” were read out, along with the Military-Police Operation brief history. The Military Ordinary Msgr. Jure Bogdan led the prayer for all fallen soldiers during the Croatian
PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Filip Glas