July 7th 1991, a farewell to arms

Betonov · 07-07-11, 07:17 AM

On the 7th the Brioni declaration was signed, ending hostilities but also demanding that Slovenia and Croatia would freeze their independence movement for three month, while the Euroepan community devises a long term solution. They would still prefer a whole Yugoslavia than a bunch of balcan states running around.

The termes of the agreement were that Slovenia and Croatia would stop with all procedures, but would regain police and border sovereignty. The army in charge of defence would remain the Yugoslav national army (JNA) and the Slovenian teritory defence (TO) would disband. All POW's would return to home and JNA would return to barracks unhindered. The TO would also stop besieging said barracks. Slovena complied, altough the TO was not disbanded, just mothballed. Another war might start in three months.

Millosevich got what he wanted. Slovenia was out of the way and on July 18th all JNA units in Slovenia were given the orders to pull out and be redeployed in Croatian and Bosnian hotspots. The last unit left Slovenia on October 26th. When the three months passed, Slovenia continued it's independence movement unhindered. Belgrade lost all interests. The balkan wars in Croatia and Bosnia began. TO became the Slovenian army, Ljubljana became the capital of a sovereign nation and a 1000 year dream has been realised.

The baltic states were among the first to recognize Slovenia (dates vary). Sweden, Germany and Iceland were the first EC influential to do the same and they recognised us on December 19th, 1991. The rest of Europe followed on January 15th 1992 and the USA on April 7th 1992. We became members of the UN on may 22nd 1992.

The millenia long dream was finally realised. Slovenia became an independent state.

07-07-11, 07:17 AM	#1
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	July 7th 1991, a farewell to arms On the 7th the Brioni declaration was signed, ending hostilities but also demanding that Slovenia and Croatia would freeze their independence movement for three month, while the Euroepan community devises a long term solution. They would still prefer a whole Yugoslavia than a bunch of balcan states running around. The termes of the agreement were that Slovenia and Croatia would stop with all procedures, but would regain police and border sovereignty. The army in charge of defence would remain the Yugoslav national army (JNA) and the Slovenian teritory defence (TO) would disband. All POW's would return to home and JNA would return to barracks unhindered. The TO would also stop besieging said barracks. Slovena complied, altough the TO was not disbanded, just mothballed. Another war might start in three months. Millosevich got what he wanted. Slovenia was out of the way and on July 18th all JNA units in Slovenia were given the orders to pull out and be redeployed in Croatian and Bosnian hotspots. The last unit left Slovenia on October 26th. When the three months passed, Slovenia continued it's independence movement unhindered. Belgrade lost all interests. The balkan wars in Croatia and Bosnia began. TO became the Slovenian army, Ljubljana became the capital of a sovereign nation and a 1000 year dream has been realised. The baltic states were among the first to recognize Slovenia (dates vary). Sweden, Germany and Iceland were the first EC influential to do the same and they recognised us on December 19th, 1991. The rest of Europe followed on January 15th 1992 and the USA on April 7th 1992. We became members of the UN on may 22nd 1992. The millenia long dream was finally realised. Slovenia became an independent state.