{"id":42571,"date":"2026-03-25T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42571"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:56:20","slug":"president-milanovic-agrees-to-convene-the-national-security-council-and-defense-council-sessions-and-proposes-holding-them-next-week","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-agrees-to-convene-the-national-security-council-and-defense-council-sessions-and-proposes-holding-them-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 agrees to convene the National Security Council and Defense Council sessions and proposes holding them next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to numerous media inquiries and public interest regarding the convening of the National Security Council and Defense Council sessions, the Office of the President of the Republic informs the public that on Friday, 20 March 2026, President Zoran Milanovi\u0107 responded to a letter from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 dated 17 March. In his letter to the Prime Minister, President Milanovi\u0107:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Accepted the proposal and agreed on the need to convene and hold sessions of the National Security Council and the Defense Council;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agreed on the proposed topics to be discussed by the National Security Council and the Defense Council;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proposed that the sessions of the National Security Council and the Defense Council be held next week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given the previously confirmed agreement on the need to hold sessions of the National Security Council and the Defense Council, as well as agreement on the session topics, President Milanovi\u0107 expects the announced sessions to take place soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to numerous media inquiries and public interest regarding the convening of the National Security Council and Defense Council sessions, the Office of the President of the Republic informs the public that on Friday, 20 March 2026, President Zoran Milanovi\u0107 responded to a letter from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 dated 17 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42570,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-42571","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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