{"id":11586,"date":"2021-08-08T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=11586"},"modified":"2021-08-09T12:08:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:08:53","slug":"president-of-the-republic-in-sinj-instead-of-dividing-us-let-language-and-history-connect-us","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-of-the-republic-in-sinj-instead-of-dividing-us-let-language-and-history-connect-us\/","title":{"rendered":"President of the Republic in Sinj: Instead of dividing us, let language and history connect us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Accompanied by his wife Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107, the President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended today the 306th<\/sup> Alka of Sinj, a centuries-old traditional tournament of the Sinj region, which was held this year under the auspices of the President of the Republic.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After debutant Mihovil \u017dupa was declared the winner of the 306th<\/sup> Alka of Sinj at the end of the tournament, President Milanovi\u0107 congratulated and presented a gift to him. The President then addressed the spectators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDistinguished guests, people of the Cetina region, Alkars, dear champion: This place was often a rostrum for internal political affairs. I don\u2019t want this to ever be the case again. I am addressing my fellow citizens \u2013 these days we are celebrating great Croatian war victories, which all came simultaneously in some way, as if fate wanted it,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, recalling the historical path of the glorious and rich tradition of the Alka of Sinj, which left a deep mark on the character, soul and destiny of all the people of this region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe live in modern times and I am extremely pleased to see that all five thousand people are here, as in the good old days, as was the case three years ago. And let all these misfortunes \u2013 regardless of what they are and what really happened, and we have yet to find out and comprehend that \u2013 let them never be repeated,\u201d said the President, also recalling that Croatia was defended by its heroes, defenders, a few good, right people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address at the Alka of Sinj tournament, President Milanovi\u0107 also said: \u201cToday, unfortunately, we must mention that from the neighbouring country of Bosnia and Herzegovina there are requests for launching an investigation and issuing indictments against the entire Croatian military leadership from 1995, against all those who were not in Split.\u201d In that context, the President mentioned late Generals Petar Stipeti\u0107 and Imra Agoti\u0107, and Generals Marijan Marekovi\u0107 and Pavao Miljavac and Admiral Davor Domazet Lo\u0161o, questioning whether today is a good occasion to be mentioning this. \u201cIt is a good occasion. We have a problem and we must discuss it with our neighbours, but the Croatian state will not allow things like this to happen 25 years after the war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President asserted that Croatia wants peace and respect in relations with its neighbours. \u201cWe speak almost the same language, we call it differently but the differences are very small. Let that language and history connect us instead of dividing us,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, concluding his speech with a verse from a poem by Petar Preradovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe that he was also talking about the language that connects: Kao vje\u010dno more sinje u kretu si gipkom, lakom, podaje se dahu svakom i mre\u0161ka se i propinje, kakva mo\u0107 je vjetra koga \u0161umi, zvoni, zuji, zve\u010di, \u0161umi, grmi, tutnji, hu\u010di – to je jezik roda moga!<\/em> People of the Cetina region, all the best until next year, and hopefully we\u2019ll come in even greater numbers. Special thanks to the Alkars, the knights, because those who were never on horseback, let alone held a spear, do not know how difficult this is. It may not be for an Olympic medal, but it deserves deep respect. Mihovil, all the best,\u201d concluded President Milanovi\u0107. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Ana Marija Kati\u0107<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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