Minister Gajdoš along with his counterparts from French and Czech Republics pay homage to General Štefánik
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To mark 100 years of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik’s tragic death, Slovak Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš along with French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly and Czech Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar paid respects to his memory at the Tomb of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik on Bradlo Hill today (4 May 2019). The National Act of Remembrance took place in the presence of Slovakia’s highest constitutional representatives.
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš said: “General Štefánik loved life, his native land, and his nation. And although he lived a great part of his life abroad, he never forgot his country and always brought credit on it. Everywhere he worked, especially in France and Italy, he opened the doors to freedom of the Czech and Slovak nation.”
Earlier that day, still ahead of the National Act of Remembrance, Minister Gajdoš met French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly for talks mainly on developing prospective areas of bilateral cooperation in the fields of defence, training and education, and Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) projects. As evidence of excellent relations, Minister Peter Gajdoš highlighted, among other things, the assistance in organising numerous commemorative events.
The official programme of the National Act of Remembrance on Bradlo Hill was opened by a joint flypast of Slovak, Czech, French and Italian Air Force aircraft. Over 450 SVK service personnel with 80 land and 7 air assets supported today’s commemorative events on Bradlo Hill, in Brezová pod Bradlom and in Košariská. Today, 20 gun salutes were fired by artillerymen in honour of General M. R. Štefánik.
General Milan Rastislav Štefánik died aged 39 on 4 May 1919, when on his flight from Italy the Caproni Ca.33 biplane went down, crashing close to the village of Ivanka pri Dunaji near Bratislava. Sadly, he never got another chance to set foot on the native soil of his liberated country, to the foundation of which he contributed so tremendously whilst abroad.
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš said: “General Štefánik loved life, his native land, and his nation. And although he lived a great part of his life abroad, he never forgot his country and always brought credit on it. Everywhere he worked, especially in France and Italy, he opened the doors to freedom of the Czech and Slovak nation.”
Earlier that day, still ahead of the National Act of Remembrance, Minister Gajdoš met French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly for talks mainly on developing prospective areas of bilateral cooperation in the fields of defence, training and education, and Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) projects. As evidence of excellent relations, Minister Peter Gajdoš highlighted, among other things, the assistance in organising numerous commemorative events.
The official programme of the National Act of Remembrance on Bradlo Hill was opened by a joint flypast of Slovak, Czech, French and Italian Air Force aircraft. Over 450 SVK service personnel with 80 land and 7 air assets supported today’s commemorative events on Bradlo Hill, in Brezová pod Bradlom and in Košariská. Today, 20 gun salutes were fired by artillerymen in honour of General M. R. Štefánik.
General Milan Rastislav Štefánik died aged 39 on 4 May 1919, when on his flight from Italy the Caproni Ca.33 biplane went down, crashing close to the village of Ivanka pri Dunaji near Bratislava. Sadly, he never got another chance to set foot on the native soil of his liberated country, to the foundation of which he contributed so tremendously whilst abroad.
