ZAGREB, Nov 27, 2020 – Parliament on Friday gave the green light for the deployment of Croatian army personnel to nine international peacekeeping missions in 2021 and 2022.
The proposal was put forward under six decisions each of which was put to a vote. They received between 108 and 112 votes in favour.
The peacekeeping operations in question are: the UN’s KFOR operation in Kosovo, the EU’s Sea Guardian mission in the Mediterranean, NATO’s Forward Enhanced Presence in Poland, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2, EU Naval Force Somalia Atalanta, and UN peacekeeping operations.
The ruling majority rejected the amendments submitted by the Social Democratic Party and the Green-Left Bloc proposing that the government submit to parliament an annual report on peacekeeping operations involving the Croatian armed forces.
Parliament accepted the explanation by the State Secretary at the Defence Ministry, Zdravko Jakup, that the government would report on the participation of Croatian army personnel in international peace mission in an annual report on defence as had been the case so far.
