WORLD NEWS FOR MONTENEGRO DIASPORA
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AUTHOR: M.J.
The Government of the Republic of Croatia has decided to ban the entry of the President of the Parliament of Montenegro Andrija Mandić, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksa Bečić and the President of the DNP, MP Milan Knežević!!!
The decision to declare two high-ranking officials of Montenegro and the leader of the DNP as persona non grata was made public this morning.
Official Zagreb thus continued to sanction the adoption of the Resolution on Genocide in Jasenovac, which the Parliament of Montenegro, based on widespread belief at the cue from Belgrade, passed on Vidovdan, June 28.
Below is the press release of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs:
"Today, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, in a note addressed to the Embassy of Montenegro in Zagreb, informed Montenegro that the Republic of Croatia declared Andrija Mandić, President of the Parliament of Montenegro, Milan Knežević, Member of the Parliament of Montenegro, and Aleksa Bečić, Vice President of the Government of Montenegro, unwelcome in the Republic of Croatia due to systemic actions to disrupt good neighborly relations with the Republic of Croatia and continuous abuse of the Republic of Croatia for internal political purposes.
The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs regrets that the majority in the Parliament of Montenegro decided to ignore the continuous calls of the Republic of Croatia not to make moves that could negatively affect our bilateral relations and Montenegro's European path. In this context, the actions of the mentioned political officials stand out, and their actions cannot be considered benevolent and good-neighborly in relation to the Republic of Croatia, nor are they in line with the declared goal of Montenegro's membership in the European Union.
Good neighborly relations are one of the key elements of the enlargement process as well as the stabilization and association process, and one of the key criteria for evaluating progress in the accession process of Montenegro, in accordance with the European Union's Negotiating Framework for Montenegro.
Croatia supports European Montenegro, supports the process of accession to the European Union and advocated for progress on Montenegro's European path. The Republic of Croatia expects that Montenegro will behave in accordance with European values and in the European spirit and that it will focus its efforts on further fulfilling the conditions and criteria in the accession process."
