Croatian president in Knin: "I wanted to grab a rifle and go to battlefield"

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic said last night in Knin that her conscience was bothering her during the 1990s war, and that she wanted to grab a rifle and go to the battlefield.

"I would have most gladly grabbed a rifle and went to the battlefield, but I realized that it was not only about bullets and facing those who were in front of you," said Grabar Kitarovic, stressing that she was aware that she had a duty in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zagreb-based N1 TV has reported.

As she said, while working as assistant NATO secretary general, she tried to have Operation Storm explained as a legitimate military action.

After a reception for wartime commanders held at the Knin Fortress, Grabar-Kitarovic started singing "To Battle, to Battle" - a song from Nikola Subic Zrinski's opera.

VIDEO: This is what was left of Knin after Operation Storm

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)