{"id":18244,"date":"2022-07-07T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=18244"},"modified":"2022-07-08T10:31:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T08:31:06","slug":"president-milanovic-in-nustar-croatia-was-defended-thanks-to-the-odysseuses-of-our-history-such-as-andrija-andabak","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-nustar-croatia-was-defended-thanks-to-the-odysseuses-of-our-history-such-as-andrija-andabak\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 in Nu\u0161tar: Croatia was defended thanks to the Odysseuses of our history such as Andrija Andabak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended a formal session in Nu\u0161tar today on the occasion of the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of the tragic death of Lieutenant colonel Andrija Andabak. On that occasion, he presented the Order of Nikola \u0160ubi\u0107 Zrinski for heroic deed in the Homeland War posthumously to the widow of Lieutenant colonel Andrija Andabak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expressing his satisfaction that the memory of Lieutenant colonel Andrija Andabak is kept alive so that this courageous and important man is not forgotten, President Milanovi\u0107 noted in his address that his memory is likely more alive today than it was twenty years ago. \u201dI must regretfully say that my sons don\u2019t know who Andabak was. Neither do the sons or daughters of my friends. We have to work on this because we failed to do something out of fear or shame \u2013 actually, I don\u2019t know why\u201d, the President added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 told Mrs. Andabak that she can be proud of her husband whose life ended tragically in Bosanska Posavina. \u201cYou can be proud of what he was doing there because he didn\u2019t go there to kill, plunder or conquer foreign territories, but he was part of a great story of soldiers who were very few. He was the Odysseus of the Croatian Army, that shrewd guy at the same time esteemed and hated by the adversary. Likable, witty, intelligent, uncatchable like an enigmatic smile\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 said about Lieutenant Colonel Andabak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the President underlined that Lieutenant Colonel Andabak defended Croatia and Croatianhood. \u201cHe didn\u2019t go to seize or occupy foreign lands, he didn\u2019t go to dismember human beings \u2013 he went to defend a people that couldn\u2019t be defended any other way. He went to a state, a neighbouring and a respected state. Half of our people in these regions are originally from those areas. That\u2019s another state and he was there for honest and justified activities with the support of the entire Croatian state authorities at that time, people who later argued and went their separate ways, but who worked as one because if they hadn\u2019t, Croatia would literally be dismembered\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 went on to say that today, thirty years later, we still have to explain and justify to others that \u201cwe didn\u2019t go there to steal, plunder or seize, but simply to defend human lives and property\u201d. In concluding, President Milanovi\u0107 underlined that today we know what is ours, that Croatia is an open country that welcomes all those of good faith who respect our laws, but that it is \u201cthe Croatia that was defended thanks to the Odysseuses of Croatian history such as Andrija Andabak\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the commemoration of the tragic death of Andrija Andabak in Nu\u0161tar, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces, on the occasion of the 31st<\/sup> anniversary of the fall and banishment of the local population of \u0106elije, paid tribute to the victims at a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial to the 33 executed civilians and defenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside President Milanovi\u0107 was the Special Adviser for Homeland War Veterans Marijan Marekovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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