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The President of the Republic began his address by greeting all the Croatian military volunteers, their families and friends attending the ceremony after a long time since the number of guests had been restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been quite a while since the most senior military commanders headed by the Chief of the General Staff Admiral Robert Hranj have been present here in such a composition, and unfortunately, it\u2019s been a long time since the number of military volunteers has been so small. Quite understandably the reason being human \u2013 uneasiness, reservation, fear \u2013 the war is far, yet not that far from us\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe oath you have just sworn to the Croatian Republic, its Constitution, its people and its order is not just a succession of words. In fact in a few sentences it is the essence. You have sworn an oath to Croatia, to defend the Homeland, its borders, territory, residents, democratic state authorities from Me\u0111imurje to Dubrovnik and Prevlaka, from Baranja and Slavonia to Istria, Dalmatia and Lika. This is the holy duty of the Croatian Army. Everything else is a noble and welcome addition of alliance, loyalty, sincere relation with others and the expectation of the relation to be reciprocated. But above all it is the defense of the Homeland\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, he said he believes and expects that in several months\u2019 time there will be a new more numerous generation of military volunteers. \u201cOne has to work on it, it cannot happen just by itself and I congratulate you on this because you have made this decision in complex circumstances. Many hesitated, I don\u2019t condemn them. I am confident that things will be different in six months\u2019 time, that the world will be more peaceful and more normal as it was for the past thirty years. This remains our hope, we haven\u2019t got much impact on this\u201d, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we can influence is the security of our country, its borders, our citizens and that is your duty, the duty you have sworn to today. 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