RAKITJE, May 28 (Hina) - On occasion of the Croatian Armed Forces Day a ceremony took place in the barracks of the First Croatian Guards Corps in Rakitje, not far from Zagreb. Present at the ceremony was Croatian President Franjo
Tudjman accompanied by Defense Minister Gojko Susak.
RAKITJE, May 28 (Hina) - On occasion of the Croatian Armed Forces
Day a ceremony took place in the barracks of the First Croatian
Guards Corps in Rakitje, not far from Zagreb. Present at the
ceremony was Croatian President Franjo Tudjman accompanied by
Defense Minister Gojko Susak. #L#
The commander of the first guards corps, Major general
Filipovic, said that "the first Croatian guards corps is one of
Croatian army formations with the most military tasks and the most
time spent on the field".
President Tudjman wished all the best to, as he said, the
crack unit of the Croatian army and to all members of the Croatian
army, Croatian navy and Croatian air force, on occasion of the
Croatian Armed Forces Day.
He recalled that Croatian armed forces had "caused marvel
around the world with their courage, with everything we have done
for the Croatian people, for the future of the Croatian state which
will never be threatened by anyone again, as we will preserve such
an army for the future of the Croatian people and the Croatian
state".
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