Posted on 01/25/2022 9:31:24 AM PST by MercyFlush
ZAGREB, 19 Jan 2022 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday that Croatia would react "clearly and resolutely" if Russia attacked Ukraine.
Russia has caused concern in Kyiv and the West by amassing troops and equipment near the border with Ukraine and there are fears that it is preparing for an attack. Moscow denies this and says it has the right to deploy its troops on its territory any way it wants.
Speaking in the Croatian parliament, Plenković said that the situation in the east of Ukraine was very worrying and the tensest since 2014 and conflicts between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels.
"Croatia does not want the situation to escalate and it will react clearly and resolutely to prevent any instability," the PM said without being more specific.
An EU member, Croatia is also a member of NATO which has warned Moscow a number of times that it will face serious consequences if it attacks Ukraine. On several occasions, Zagreb has offered Ukrainian authorities its experience in the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube region, which in the 1990s was under occupation by ethnic Serbs.
Submitting his annual report on meetings of the Council of the EU to the parliament, Plenković said that Croatia would raise the issue of people gone missing in the 1991-95 war as part of Serbia's EU accession talks.
"When the relevant policy chapters are put on the agenda, we will put the topic in the context of Serbia's further progress," he said.
He, added, however, that "it is not wise for a new member in a forum like the EU to block those who act slightly differently than we think they should."
Speaking of the most important topics of the Council of the EU meetings, Plenković cited the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the response to energy price increases and EU enlargement to the east, including the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He said that in 2021 Croatia made major progress on the path to membership of the Schengen area of passport-free travel and the euro area, noting that this time next year Croatians should be paying in euros in shops.
Please disregard the lies about Croatia coming out of Moscow.
Never believe or trust the Russians.
That was the PM.
This was the President.
Did he make these remarks on TV or not?
Pretty easy to fact check.
https://goodwordnews.com/nato-member-will-withdraw-troops-in-case-of-war-with-russia-president-%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Brt-russia-and-the-former-soviet-union/
Hmmm, this is indeed looking more and more like the runup to World War I.
“The war to end all wars.”...not.
Maybe it’s been long enough that the horror of nuclear weapons has been forgotten...even though we have pictures and film from 1945 Japan.
Let’s Go Brandon!
I’m the Russkies are sweating bullets over what the Croatians have up their sleeves. Maybe Bill Belichick’s gonna steal signs.
I’m old enough to remember when there was no more horrible scenario than war between the USA and USSR (Russia)... good times! Apparently the left now loves them some black rain...
You think the Serbs will sit idly by if Croatia participates in this?
Well good for them. Its their backyard and they should deal with it.
No business of ours.
It won’t take much to flare up the Balkans again. Serbia is a traditional ally of Russia. Serbs and Croats still live side by side in many areas of the Balkans. Get a couple of skirmishes there are it could blow up in a big hurry, that’s how it started in 1991.
“this is indeed looking more and more like the runup to World War I.”
The most devastating destructive war ever fought in human history.
The shadows of that war cover all of us to this day.
And Wilson managed to wiggle a way into it.
Mark Levin was beating the war drums against Russia on his radio show yesterday.. I couldn’t listen. He doesn’t get the distinction between left vs. right and globalist vs. nationalist.. he’s ready to brand all nationalists as ‘isolationist.’
There is a limit to holding up the mirror to the past.. this isn’t 1939, not even close.
Who the hell is “GoodWordNews”?
I ask because the site was stood up sometime last year, they have fake traffic stats that claim an impossible 97% of their views are coming from people navigating directly to their all but unknown site and only 3% of their traffic is from referrals or links.
It’s a fake site.
Croatia has 14,000 active and about 6000 reserve military.
Russia has a million active and about 250,000 reserves.
“react “clearly and resolutely”
Words are wind, especially when they mean absolutely zero. At least I don’t have the foggiest idea what “clearly and resolutely” means.
Are they going to hop on one foot and yell? Will they send their military force to help defend? Or does he mean sanctions?
If Russia crushes Ukraine quickly (not saying they will), what really are they going to do?
The PM did say that his country’s troops will not participate in any NATO operations.
Joe Biden was criticized for “inconsistency” and “dangerous behavior” by Croatia’s PM.
https://tass.com/world/1392873
Is "99% good agents" FBI and CIA Hammity following the deep state marching orders on this?
“You think the Serbs will sit idly by if Croatia participates in this?”
If the Serbs wish to start a war with a NATO and EU member who is supporting NATO and EU efforts then yes, Serbia would be best to sit back.
If not we can bomb the sh*t out of them in defense of a NATO member.
I stopped watching and listening to Hannity last month... not due to the stupid things he says.. more due to the constant repetitions... they finally annoyed me enough to turn him off.
“Croatia has 14,000 active and about 6000 reserve military.
Russia has a million active and about 250,000 reserves.”
Croatia is a full member of NATO.
NATO forces active and reserve total about four million troops and sailors.
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