{"id":16640,"date":"2022-04-25T12:42:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=16640"},"modified":"2022-04-25T12:42:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:42:10","slug":"president-milanovic-in-livno-no-state-more-than-croatia-wants-bosnia-and-herzegovina-to-join-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-livno-no-state-more-than-croatia-wants-bosnia-and-herzegovina-to-join-the-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 in Livno: No state more than Croatia wants Bosnia and Herzegovina to join the European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended in Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a ceremony marking the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of the defense of Livno and the Livno field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He began his address by proposing to the hosts that at their next gatherings the European Union\u2019s anthem \u201cOde to Joy\u201d be played after the national anthems of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the Republic of Croatia. \u201cShow who you are, what your aspirations, goals, plans and ideas are. That they are pure, clear, and that they have no hidden agendas\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo state more than Croatia wants Bosnia and Herzegovina to join the European Union. For sentimental reasons, and if you wish, purely selfish reasons, because selfishness is an important element in the path of a nation. I\u2019m doing a lot of things since from my position of president, it\u2019s in the interest of the community I represent\u201d, he told the gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President of the Republic also referred to the proposal to sign a letter of the presidents of Eastern and Central European states immediately granting Ukraine EU candidate status, underlining: \u201cI say \u2013 fine, but not without Bosnia and Herzegovina. I know that questions will be raised about the motives of my messages in Livno, but believe me when I say that Zagreb is pushing harder for Bosnia and Herzegovina\u2019s perspective than a big part of Sarajevo. Don\u2019t forget it, this is important to us. This represents a security and emotional issue to us. Be unique to the extent that Croats in Croatia can\u2019t and perhaps don\u2019t have to be. We\u2019re safe and we wish to transfer this security to you as a gift from the heart, not a loan, but something that is our mutual interest\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery euro offered by the European Union to Croatia is a euro that we must spend in order to provide better wages for our teachers, professors and pharmacists as well as help you since this Europe is not helping you in such a constellation, it\u2019s doing you harm. Croatia never had more peaceful, peace-minding and effective instruments at its disposal to help not just the Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the Serbs and Bosniaks as well\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Thirty years ago thanks to the courage and skills of a few individuals, the Croatian Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Bosnia and Herzegovina was defended and in a certain way \u2013 despite the Sarajevo truce being already in force \u2013 the Croatian coast too. This is something Croatia can\u2019t forget\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated, greeting those in attendance who in 1994-1995 fought the battles, \u201cthose are the people who were here when it was hardest and we all owe them gratitude because it was a joint Croatian effort\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Now agreements await you, not battles, not all is lost. I will do everything so that not all is lost, so that you are represented by the people you elect because democracy, forcing democracy down someone\u2019s throat ends up like in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, in all those states and societies that aren\u2019t ready. You can\u2019t skip certain things in development, because it\u2019s not good for you. Bosnia had a war and Croatia had a war, some things don\u2019t happen overnight. Had there not been a war, Croatia would be one of the most developed new EU members. We are where we are, strong enough to help you, strong enough to respect others. Long live a European Bosnia and Herzegovina!, the President of the Republic said in concluding his address in Livno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the gathering at the special session besides President Milanovi\u0107 were the mayor of Livno Darko \u010condri\u0107 and the chairman of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina and president of the Croatian National Council Dragan \u010covi\u0107. Alongside President Milanovi\u0107 were the Adviser to the President of the Republic for Defense and National Security Dragan Lozan\u010di\u0107 and the Special Adviser to the President for Homeland War Veteras Marijan Marekovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Marko Beljan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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