State Secretary Miloš Koterec observes anniversary of Carpatho-Dukla operation
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On Tuesday, 6 October, State Secretary of the SVK MOD Miloš Koterec observed the 71st anniversary of the Carpatho-Dukla Operation at memorials in Dukla and Svidník. President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska, Prime Minister Róbert Fico and Chief of the SVK General Staff Lt Gen Milan Maxim arrived to pay tributes to the Dukla Pass heroes as well.
“I am really pleased that the direct participants of the Uprising are here with us again. I bow before their heroism, courage and most importantly their deeds during the most complicated and most bloody battle of World War II on the territory of Czechoslovakia. Their determination to pursue their goal and to fight for themselves, their families and their country was admirable,” declared State Secretary Miloš Koterec at the Dukla Pass Memorial and awarded the veterans with SVK Minister of Defence Commemorative Medals.
The State Secretary observed the events from before 71 years also during a ceremony taking place at the statue of Army General Ludvík Svoboda, as well as during a commemoration ceremony at the Red Army Memorial in Svidník, which commenced by a fly-pass of MiG-29 fighter aircraft. “Unfortunately, we must state that even after more than 70 years after the end of WWII peace is not a matter of course for many people. Therefore, I do believe that Dukla Pass Victims Day also serves as a message of our ancestors for present generations to value peace highly,” said Miloš Koterec.
“At the Dukla Pass we observe the events not only from the military point of view, but from the point of view of the period of WWII and liberation of our homeland as well. It is indeed one of the events we must commemorate,” stated Chief of the SVK General Staff Lt Gen Milan Maxim.
“I am really pleased that the direct participants of the Uprising are here with us again. I bow before their heroism, courage and most importantly their deeds during the most complicated and most bloody battle of World War II on the territory of Czechoslovakia. Their determination to pursue their goal and to fight for themselves, their families and their country was admirable,” declared State Secretary Miloš Koterec at the Dukla Pass Memorial and awarded the veterans with SVK Minister of Defence Commemorative Medals.
The State Secretary observed the events from before 71 years also during a ceremony taking place at the statue of Army General Ludvík Svoboda, as well as during a commemoration ceremony at the Red Army Memorial in Svidník, which commenced by a fly-pass of MiG-29 fighter aircraft. “Unfortunately, we must state that even after more than 70 years after the end of WWII peace is not a matter of course for many people. Therefore, I do believe that Dukla Pass Victims Day also serves as a message of our ancestors for present generations to value peace highly,” said Miloš Koterec.
“At the Dukla Pass we observe the events not only from the military point of view, but from the point of view of the period of WWII and liberation of our homeland as well. It is indeed one of the events we must commemorate,” stated Chief of the SVK General Staff Lt Gen Milan Maxim.
