President Milanović to Attend Anniversary Celebration of Military-Police Operation Maestral and Liberation of Jajce
On Tuesday, 13 September 2022, the President of the Republic Zoran Milanović will attend a celebration marking the 27th anniversary of Military-Police Operation “Maestral” and the liberation of the royal city of Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
President Milanović will pay tribute in a wrealth-laying and candle-lighting ceremony to take place at the central memorial to the fallen defenders in Jajce. In the scope of the celebration marking the 27th anniversary of Military-Police Operation “Maestral” and the liberation of the royal city of Jajce, the President of the Republic will bestow the Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski upon the “Hrvoje Vukšić Hrvatinić” Brigade of Jajce for the prowess displayed by their members in the Homeland War.
The Military-Police Operation “Maestral” lasted from 8 to 17 September 1995, and created preconditions for further advances of the Croatian forces, and on 13 September 1995 Jajce was liberated following a three-year occupation. Operation “Maestral” was the first more significant operation of the joint forces of the Croatian Army, the Croatian Defense Council and the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina in western Bosnia and Herzegovina in which large areas of western Bosnia were retaken including the towns of Drvar, Šipovo, Jajce, Bosanski Petrovac, Bosanska Krupa and Ključ.