Vijesti Najčitanije
'Odluka gradonačelnika Zagreba da se dodjeli nagrada g. Lončaru uvreda je udovicama rata, bivšim dragovoljcima i cijeloj hrvatskoj dijaspori '
Prvo bih se zahvalio Udruzi Udovica na inicijativi da se poništi odluka gradonačelnika Zagreba za dodjeljivanjem nagrade g. Budmiru Lončaru.
Ovdje bih kratko spomenu samo jedan detalj glede g. Lončara i ne bih se gubio u njegove aktivnosti nakon završetka Drugo svjetskog rata.
- Lončar je bio ministar vanjskih poslova komunističke Jugoslavije od 1987. do 1991. Njegov lobiranje pri UN-u za embargom na uvozu oružja bivših republika Jugoslavije zbivalo se prije međunarodnog priznanja Hrvatske.
We must strongly protest against the mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandic’s recent decision to award the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Communist Yugoslavia, Mr. Budimir Loncar (aged 95), the Medal of Zagreb City. In August 1991, at the UN Security Council, Mr. Budimir Loncar called for an arms embargo against an unarmed and newly independent Croatia. His insistence on this embargo resulted in an unnecessary weakness in Croatia’s military deterrence, only intensifying JNA (“Yugoslav National Army”) aggression and causing numerous civilian casualties. Moreover, Mr. Budimir Loncar, shortly after WWII, as a former Yugoslav communist security agent, is responsible, according to eyewitness accounts, for the deaths of numerous Yugoslav and Croat civilians. Later on, as a high Yugoslav communist diplomat (1987-91), along with many other Yugoslav diplomats – some of whom still serve in Croat diplomacy – he is to be blamed for not distancing himself from the Yugoslav communist secret police’s (“UDB”-a) serial killings of Croat émigrés residing in the West during the Cold War. This award ceremony, beyond being grotesque in its appearance, is an insult to hundreds of thousands Croat expatriates and to the veterans of the recent Croatian War of Independence, and is a slap in the face to many Croat war widows. We demand that the Zagreb Mayor’s Office cancel its decision and withdraw the Award. Sincerely, Sig. on behalf of Udruga: Dr. Tomislav Sunic Rozalija Bartolić, president of the association “Udruga udovica hrvatskih branitelja” (Association of Widows of the Croatian War of Independence) Zagreb Tanja Polić Marković, president of the association “Udruga obitelji umrlih hrvatskih branitelja RH” (Association of Families of Deceased Veterans of the Croatian War of Independence)
