{"id":32862,"date":"2024-09-14T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=32862"},"modified":"2024-09-16T10:33:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T08:33:42","slug":"president-milanovic-at-anniversary-of-military-operation-in-ploce-the-foundation-of-croatia-is-the-brotherhood-and-friendship-of-croats-in-the-homeland-war","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-anniversary-of-military-operation-in-ploce-the-foundation-of-croatia-is-the-brotherhood-and-friendship-of-croats-in-the-homeland-war\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 at Anniversary of Military Operation in Plo\u010de: The foundation of Croatia is the brotherhood and friendship of Croats in the Homeland War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cAfter 33 years, perhaps this is something that should irrevocably and forever unite you and keep you together. The foundation of this community and many other Croat communities is the brotherhood and friendship of compatriots, Croats, Croatian citizens, in the Homeland War. That is something that makes Croatia unique in Europe. Croatia as a community of people with a past and a common future \u2013 in this experience, we are unique,\u201d the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 said at a ceremony in Plo\u010de commemorating the 33rd<\/sup> anniversary of the military and police operation \u201cZelena tabla \u2013 Mala bara.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, President Milanovi\u0107 said that this great day, which Croatia remembers and will continue to remember more and more as time passes, \u201cwill be viewed with a sense of positive amazement, wondering how it was even possible.\u201d He stated that there had been wars and extreme situations in which people were thrust from civilian life into the nightmare of war and the terror of uncertainty, but that, since the Second World War, no European country had experienced anything like what Croatia went through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo country has found itself in such a whirlwind and turmoil as Croatia had found itself in, without any help, without weapons, without the right to buy them or the possibility to obtain them at a normal price. It is altogether a unique and at the same time a horrible and amazing experience that no other political nation has on this continent to which we belong, where we live and are one of the members of the European Union. It was worth fighting for,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, pointing out that our defenders marched forward out of a sense of duty for their country and with fear for their own lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe more the time passes, the more unbelievable everything seems, today, when everything is analysed… the relationship of the international community towards Croatia, the time it took them to recognise us, who recognised us, who established diplomatic relations with us and when, and how long the harassment by the Hague tribunal lasted after Croatia\u2019s victory in 1995. It was only in 2012 that the Croatian generals, and a few years later, with less success, the Croatian politicians and officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina put that story behind them. Many of them are, unfortunately, still in prison, some are free,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, adding that we will never know the real truth and every detail because it is impossible. \u201cThe truth is in the eye of the beholder, do not let that cause division among you,\u201d the President told the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The military and police operation \u201cZelena tabla \u2013 Mala Bara\u201d liberated the first former Yugoslav People\u2019s Army barracks in Croatia, the one in Plo\u010de. It was fought between the Croatian forces and the Yugoslav People\u2019s Army on the night of 14-15 September 1991 in Plo\u010de and the surrounding area. During the operation, Croatian forces seized large quantities of ammunition, weapons and other military equipment that was subsequently used in the defence of Sinj, Zadar, \u0160ibenik, Karlovac, Vukovar, Dubrovnik and other Croatian cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to President Milanovi\u0107, the attendees were also addressed by history professor Andrija Pe\u0107ar, Mayor of Plo\u010de Mi\u0161o Krsti\u010devi\u0107, Dubrovnik-Neretva County Prefect Nikola Dobroslavi\u0107, and the delegate of the Minister of Veterans\u2019 Affairs, retired General Darko Rukavina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the occasion of marking the 33rd<\/sup> anniversary of the military and police operation \u201cZelena tabla \u2013 Mala bara,\u201d the President of the Republic laid a wreath and lit a candle at the memorial to the defenders of the town of Plo\u010de. President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by Bartol \u0160imuni\u0107, Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic, and Marijan Marekovi\u0107, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic for Homeland War Veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Tomislav Bu\u0161ljeta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Croatia as a community of people with a past and a common future \u2013 in this experience, we are unique,\u201d the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 said at a ceremony in Plo\u010de commemorating the 33rd anniversary of the military and police operation \u201cZelena tabla \u2013 Mala bara.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32761,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-32862","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPresident Milanovi\u0107 at Anniversary of Military Operation in Plo\u010de: The foundation of Croatia is the brotherhood and friendship of Croats in the Homeland War - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-anniversary-of-military-operation-in-ploce-the-foundation-of-croatia-is-the-brotherhood-and-friendship-of-croats-in-the-homeland-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Milanovi\u0107 at Anniversary of Military Operation in Plo\u010de: The foundation of Croatia is the brotherhood and friendship of Croats in the Homeland War - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cAfter 33 years, perhaps this is something that should irrevocably and forever unite you and keep you together. 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