ZAGREB, Aug 1 (Hina) - Opening an exhibition of photographs from 1995's Operation Storm, Croatia's Deputy Defence Minister Zlatko Gareljic said on Wednesday "nobody can ever bring into question the legality of Croatia's defence and
Operation Storm." "Despite the controversies of the last decade of Croatia's history, every nation has the right to freedom and self-determination," Gareljic said at the Zvonimir gallery opening the "Remembering Storm" exhibition. "Despite various interpretations... I think the most accurate are those about a consolidation of democracy in Croatia and a transformation into a normal democratic country," Gareljic said, adding this envisaged "clearly and critically facing the recent past, even the bad episodes of that noble and heroic past." Gareljic said this was the challenge of peacetime. "We and the people leading this state have to respond to difficult challeng
ZAGREB, Aug 1 (Hina) - Opening an exhibition of photographs from
1995's Operation Storm, Croatia's Deputy Defence Minister Zlatko
Gareljic said on Wednesday "nobody can ever bring into question the
legality of Croatia's defence and Operation Storm."
"Despite the controversies of the last decade of Croatia's history,
every nation has the right to freedom and self-determination,"
Gareljic said at the Zvonimir gallery opening the "Remembering
Storm" exhibition.
"Despite various interpretations... I think the most accurate are
those about a consolidation of democracy in Croatia and a
transformation into a normal democratic country," Gareljic said,
adding this envisaged "clearly and critically facing the recent
past, even the bad episodes of that noble and heroic past."
Gareljic said this was the challenge of peacetime. "We and the
people leading this state have to respond to difficult challenges
in a democratic and resolute manner," he said.
Attending the opening of the exhibition, staged ahead of Croatian
Armed Forces Day and Homeland Gratitude Day, were military chief-
of-staff Gen. Petar Stipetic, and other senior military and
interior ministry officials.
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