The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 began today his official two-day visit to the Swiss Confederation in Geneva with a meeting with members of the Croatian community who live and work in the Swiss Confederation, telling them to develop and preserve their Croatian identity and Croatian language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recalling his previous visits to Geneva, President Milanovi\u0107 said that Croatia\u2019s destiny, as well as the end of the war and avoiding it, were being negotiated at the time. \u201cIn the end, there was war. And now we have another war in which one large country attacked another relatively large country, but a weaker one. It is a human duty to always be on the side of the weaker, but we must take into account that we are a small nation, that there are fewer than four million of us, that the world is cruel and often incomprehensible, so we must look after our own interests,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 told the Croatian community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking about Croatia\u2019s national interests, President Milanovi\u0107 underscored that its main national interest is \u201cto finally become a high-income country,\u201d explaining that there is no true independence without financial independence. \u201cCroatia is fighting this battle as a society, as a nation that was created and formed long before our Homeland War. We have been fighting and waging this battle for decades, but we are advancing slowly. I see this as the most important task of my generation, which is already on its way out, and of the next generation,\u201d said the President of the Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPreserve your identity for it is not something that can be bought. Learn and preserve the Croatian language, develop your Croatian identity. You will know and feel for yourself how to do it, but identity is developed, it is not preserved because someone threatens it. It is up to us, it is our business and we can and must develop and supplement it and constantly exchange ideas in order for a better society to be built \u2013 a society that is a liberal democracy. Not a society like Switzerland, because that is a unique country and not for comparison, but a society where ideas are free and people are responsible,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGeneva, western Europe, western civilization \u2013 that is our world! We respect what belongs to others, but we know what is ours and it is what we preserve and develop,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 told members of the Croatian community in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting with President Milanovi\u0107 was attended by representatives of leading Croatian associations and culture and arts societies in the Swiss Confederation, including the \u017diva Grana<\/em> Croatian Culture & Arts Society from Geneva, Croatian World Congress, associations of parents of Croatian classes, the Croatian Cultural Club and Croatian-Swiss Young Professionals Association (CSYPA). Apart from Croats who work in international organizations in Switzerland, the meeting with the Croatian President was attended by Croatian businesspeople, scientists and students from Swiss universities. Pupils enrolled in Croatian classes in Switzerland also participated in the programme held on the occasion of the President\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The President\u2019s wife Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attended the meeting between the President of the Republic and the Croatian community. Also present were members of the President\u2019s official delegation, the Head of the Office of the President of the Republic Orsat Miljeni\u0107, Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic Bartol \u0160imuni\u0107, Adviser to the President for Foreign and European Policy Neven Pelicari\u0107, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation Andrea Beki\u0107, and Ambassador and Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations Office and Other International Organisations in Geneva Vesna Basti\u0107 Kos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Tomislav Bu\u0161ljeta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 began today his official two-day visit to the Swiss Confederation in Geneva with a meeting with members of the Croatian community who live and work in the Swiss Confederation, telling them to develop and preserve their Croatian identity and Croatian language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16284,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-16288","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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