President Milanović: On this day, Dubrovnik was defended by a small number of people

“This is a day that everyone in Croatia remembers, when Dubrovnik was defended. And it was defended by a small number of people,” the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanović said in Dubrovnik after attending a ceremony held to mark Dubrovnik Defenders’ Day, which is observed annually on 6 December.

Earlier in the day and as part of the commemoration, President Milanović paid homage to the fallen Croatian defenders by laying a wreath and lighting a candle by the central monument at Boninovo Cemetery and at the cross on Mount Srđ. The President of the Republic also lowered a wreath into the sea in memory of the sailors and defenders who perished.

At the wreath-laying, President Milanović was accompanied by the Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic Bartol Šimunić, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic for Homeland War Veterans Marijan Mareković and Staff Officer in the Military Office of the Cabinet for Defense and National Security in the Office of the President of the Republic Colonel Ivica Kranjčević.

PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Marko Beljan