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National Defence Minister Mihai Fifor said that Veterans Day represents an occasion to bring homage to the 29 Romanian servicemen who died on duty after 1990, who showed that sometimes "freedom is very dear."
"It is a day full of symbolic charge - on the one hand it is the day when one hundred years go the armistice was signed and technically the first world war was coming to an end, on the other hand it is Veterans Day, and I want to say that it is a very complicated day for us, because we think with devotion, high respect, of the 29 heroes of the Romanian Army who died in the theatres of operations after 1990. There are 29 Romanian servicemen who showed that sometimes freedom is very dear and who died under the flag doing their duty for this country," Fifor said, who attended on Sunday in the Youth Park the ceremony organised at the Monument of Heroes fallen in the theatres of operations and on Romania's territory.
Fifor also referred in his message to the families of those who died on duty, pointing out that "it isn't easy to lose someone dear, away from home."
"On the other hand, it is a day when we enjoy with the veterans of the theatres, the veterans who returned home safely, they are the best ambassadors that Romania has, they are servicemen highly appreciated there where they do their duty, and, I say, represent us with success wherever they are sent to," Mihai Fifor also said.
He pointed out that Romania's Army is being modernised at a fast pace, and this effort must show that our country is a credible partner, a trustworthy partner for the North Atlantic Alliance and for the strategic ally, the US.
On the occasion of the Veterans Day, military and religious ceremonies are organised in Bucharest and in the garrisons where there are military units that have carried out missions in the theatres of operations. Similar activities are also taking place at the graves and monuments devoted to the sacrifice and heroism of Romanian servicemen who died in the theatres of operations.
AGERPRES .
