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Czech DATT receives “Croatian Trefoil”

Croatian Defence Minister, Ante Kotromanović on 20 May 2015 presented the Defence Attache of the Czech Republic to Croatia, Colonel Milan Polak, with the “Order of the Croatian Trefoil“, for the outstanding contribution to the development of the bilateral defence co-operation.

Minister Kotromanović emphasised the fruitful co-operation in air force capability building through joint training acitvities, VFR practice and the projects consisting in standardised pre-deployment training of air advisory teams to ISAF and the inception of the Multi-national Aviation Training Centre, and stated that the partnership between the Czech Republic and Croatia flourished during the Col. Polak’s term of office. 
The decoration award ceremony was also attended by the Czech Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, H.E. Martin Košatka, the Croatian Assistant Minister for Defence Policy, Zoran Drča, the Head of the International Defence Co-operation and Security Sector, Petar Mihatov and numerous officers and NCOs of the Croatian Armed Forces.