President: Slovakia's Story Woven from Fates of People Like This Year's Awardees

Bratislava, January 12 (TASR) - The story of Slovakia is woven from the fates and stories of people like this year's award winners, pointed out President Peter Pellegrini in his address at the ceremony of awarding state honours on Saturday evening (January 11). "We don't have to find our value in admiring foreign leaders, countries or powers. Slovakia has its own achievements, its own heroes and a unique path of which it can be proud," he stressed. Pellegrini thanked the awardees for their work. "You are our role models and you show that each one of us can contribute to moving our country forward. You show us the way that not only you, but also the rest of us can move Slovakia forward with small steps, solutions or ideas. The story of Slovakia is ultimately woven from the fates and stories of people like you," he said. The head of state noted that not all of the awardees could attend the ceremony. "Those who can't be among us today are missing here, including those who shaped the heroic consciousness of the Slovak nation with their courageous actions during the Slovak National Uprising. They created respect for freedom and democracy even at the cost of threatening or losing their own lives," he emphasised. am