Milanović: Croatian soldiers will not participate in other people's wars

(Patria) - Croatian President Zoran Milanović announced today on his Facebook that the Government of Croatia is not authorized to push the country into some new coalitions that could imply the participation of Croatian soldiers in the war in Ukraine.

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković participated yesterday in a video conference of the leaders of the Coalition of the Willing, two days after the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska and on the eve of the meeting of European leaders with the US President on Monday in Washington.

"I emphasized that we continue to provide support for achieving a just and sustainable peace that respects international law and Ukraine's territorial integrity, with long-term security guarantees," the Croatian Prime Minister wrote after the meeting on the X platform.

"Since the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia has recently engaged in discussions of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, which also includes countries whose leaders have announced sending their soldiers to Ukraine, I remind you that Croatia is a member of the EU and NATO and has only obligations arising from membership in these alliances.

Croatia has no obligations arising from political or military agreements of the leaders of the countries of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, and the Government of the Republic of Croatia is not authorized by anyone to push Croatia into some new coalitions that could imply the participation of Croatian soldiers in the war in Ukraine.

I received the mandate from the Croatian people to represent such a position, and therefore I repeat that Croatian soldiers will not participate in other people's wars," Milanović wrote today on Facebook.