{"id":185099,"date":"2025-08-18T13:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=185099"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:50:57","slug":"croatian-soldiers-will-not-go-to-ukraine-zoran-milanovic-refused-to-obey-the-coalition-of-the-willing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/croatian-soldiers-will-not-go-to-ukraine-zoran-milanovic-refused-to-obey-the-coalition-of-the-willing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;CROATIAN SOLDIERS WILL NOT GO TO UKRAINE&#8221;: Zoran Milanovi\u0107 refused to obey the &#8220;Coalition of the Willing&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Croatian President Zoran Milanovi\u0107 announced on Facebook on Monday that the Croatian government is not authorized to push Croatia into any new coalitions that could involve the participation of Croatian soldiers in the war in Ukraine.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 participated on Sunday in a videoconference of the leaders of the Coalition of the Willing, two days after the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska and before the meeting of European leaders with the US president in Washington today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I emphasized that we continue to provide support for achieving a just and sustainable peace that will respect international law and the territorial integrity of Ukraine, with long-term security guarantees,&#8221; the Croatian Prime Minister wrote after the meeting on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milanovi\u0107 reacted on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Odr\u017eali smo sastanak Koalicije voljnih nakon Summita na Aljasci i uo\u010di susreta <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZelenskyyUa<\/a> i drugih lidera u Washingtonu. Istaknuo sam da nastavljamo pru\u017eati podr\u0161ku postizanju pravednog i odr\u017eivog mira, koji \u0107e po\u0161tivati me\u0111unarodno pravo i teritorijalni integritet\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jCjxuER7cI\">pic.twitter.com\/jCjxuER7cI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 (@AndrejPlenkovic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrejPlenkovic\/status\/1957100375099551961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Given that the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia these days got involved in the talks of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, which also includes countries whose leaders have announced the sending of their soldiers to Ukraine, I remind you that Croatia is a member of the European Union and NATO, and has only obligations arising from membership in those alliances,&#8221; Milanovi\u0107 wrote on that network today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Croatia has no obligations arising from the political or military agreements of the leaders 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 any new coalitions that could also involve the participation of Croatian soldiers in the war in Ukraine. I received a mandate from the Croatian people to represent such a position, and that is why I repeat that Croatian soldiers will not participate in other people&#8217;s wars,&#8221; Milanovi\u0107 emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with the President of the European Commission, discussed via video call with European allies a peace agreement that the US president is trying to achieve after his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin last Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FZoranMilanovic%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0pejutPcUWdQjeCuZJNrKYShVpDe22NayxrZA25CnVoxBBGEQuVJ2Vsvs1YveZhAzl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>In the event of a peace agreement, the United States offered Ukraine security guarantees similar to those of Article 5 of NATO, but without formal accession to the North Atlantic Alliance, diplomatic sources announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the meeting, Plenkovi\u0107 was joined by French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Coalition of the Willing&#8221; brings together most of the major European countries, the EU, NATO and non-European countries such as Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/casper-rud-on-nole-like-no-one-before-its-stupid-to-compare-but-djokovic-is-the-greatest-athlete-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CASPER RUD ON NOLE LIKE NO ONE BEFORE: It\u2019s stupid to compare, but Djokovic is the greatest athlete of all time!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/zelensky-can-end-the-war-immediately-trump-said-that-ukraine-should-give-up-crimea-and-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cZELENSKY CAN END THE WAR IMMEDIATELY\u201d: Trump said that Ukraine should give up Crimea and NATO!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/prince-philip-condemned-violence-against-citizens-he-refused-to-lay-wreaths-on-oplenac-with-the-progressives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">PRINCE PHILIP CONDEMNED VIOLENCE AGAINST CITIZENS: He refused to lay wreaths on Oplenac with the Progressives!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/enemy-of-nature-franz-ferdinand-killed-as-many-as-274899-animals-in-his-life-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ENEMY OF NATURE: Franz Ferdinand killed as many as 274,899 animals in his life! 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