{"id":8819,"date":"2021-04-26T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8819"},"modified":"2021-04-27T10:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T08:30:39","slug":"president-milanovic-receives-retired-croatian-defence-council-hvo-officers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-receives-retired-croatian-defence-council-hvo-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 Receives Retired Croatian Defence Council (HVO) Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 received in his Office retired officers and wartime commanders of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), with whom he discussed HVO\u2019s role in defending Croats in all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the contribution of HVO members to defending Croatia during the Homeland War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired HVO officers thanked President Milanovi\u0107 for his decision last year to decorate the HVO guards brigades and the MUP HR HB Special Police on the occasion of the 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Croatia\u2019s liberating Operation Storm. Also, they welcomed President Milanovi\u0107\u2019s consistency in his position on Croats as a constituent people in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Milanovi\u0107 thanked the retired HVO officers for their contribution to the defence of Croatia and reiterated that Croatia will persist in protecting the rights of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina as an equal and constituent people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following individuals attended the meeting with President Milanovi\u0107: Vice President of the Croatian Generals Association Retired General Ljubo \u0106esi\u0107 Rojs; Wartime Commander of the Vitez Command Area and Wartime Chief of the General Staff of HVO Retired General Tihomir Bla\u0161ki\u0107; Retired HVO General and Croatian Army Brigadier General Ivica Primorac; Wartime Commander of the Bosanska Posavina Command Area Retired General \u0110uro Matuzovi\u0107; Wartime Commander of the defence of Mostar Retired HVO General Ilija Vrli\u0107; Wartime Commander of the HVO Air Force Retired Colonel Nedeljko Peri\u0107; Wartime Commander of the Posu\u0161je Regiment and the 66<sup>th<\/sup> Road Construction Regiment Retired Colonel Ivan Bago; Wartime Commander of the Livno Special Police Retired Lieutenant Colonel Jure Grani\u0107; Commander of the 1<sup>st<\/sup> ABB Livno Battalion Retired Major Bo\u0161ko Bara\u0107; Retired Wartime Medical Service Chief of the Tomislavgrad Command Area Dr. Josip Peri\u0107; Retired HVO Assistant Wartime Commander of the \u017dep\u010de Command Area Vinko Mari\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special Adviser to the President of the Republic for Homeland War Veterans Marijan Marekovi\u0107 attended the meeting alongside President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--GALLERY BLOCK-->\n<div class=\"c-lightbox-gallery js-lightbox\">\n                <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_6161.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_6161.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_6168.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_6168.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_6244.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_6244.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_6262.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC_6262.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n        <\/div>\n<!--end GALLERY BLOCK-->\n\n\n<!--GALLERY BLOCK-->\n<div class=\"c-lightbox-gallery js-lightbox\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--end GALLERY BLOCK-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Tomislav Bu\u0161ljeta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 received in his Office retired officers and wartime commanders of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), with whom he discussed HVO\u2019s role in defending Croats in all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the contribution of HVO members to defending Croatia during the Homeland War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8813,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-8819","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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