NOVI MAROF/PODRUTE, Jan 7 (Hina) - A ceremony commemorating the ninth anniversary of the death of five European Community Monitoring Mission members in Podrute near Novi Marof, north of Zagreb, was held on Sunday. The five Italian and
French officers and non-commissioned officers were killed in a helicopter crash on January 7 1992. The ceremony was attended by the families of the deceased, the head of the government's office for cooperation with international institutions in Croatia, Tomislav Vidosevic, the acting head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Croatia, Ulla Odquist, French Ambassador Albert Turot, an advisor with the Italian Embassy, Carlo Perrotta, representatives of the Italian Army, Croatian Air Force, and the Armed Forces' Main Staff. "We have gathered here to commemorate the anniversary of the death of the people who sacrificed their lives in Croatia to our benefit. For Croatia, those were the mo
NOVI MAROF/PODRUTE, Jan 7 (Hina) - A ceremony commemorating the
ninth anniversary of the death of five European Community
Monitoring Mission members in Podrute near Novi Marof, north of
Zagreb, was held on Sunday.
The five Italian and French officers and non-commissioned officers
were killed in a helicopter crash on January 7 1992.
The ceremony was attended by the families of the deceased, the head
of the government's office for cooperation with international
institutions in Croatia, Tomislav Vidosevic, the acting head of the
EU Monitoring Mission in Croatia, Ulla Odquist, French Ambassador
Albert Turot, an advisor with the Italian Embassy, Carlo Perrotta,
representatives of the Italian Army, Croatian Air Force, and the
Armed Forces' Main Staff.
"We have gathered here to commemorate the anniversary of the death
of the people who sacrificed their lives in Croatia to our benefit.
For Croatia, those were the most difficult days of its struggle for
independence and the country was recognised as an independent state
a week after the tragic event," Vidosevic said after a wreath-
laying ceremony.
Croatia is today part of Partnership for Peace, it is undergoing a
process of joining the European Union and is an important factor of
stability in the region, he added.
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