Bošković: We are ready to talk with the charge d'affaires, I appeal for the trains carrying foreign property to be released

The Executive Director of the Railway Infrastructure of Montenegro (ŽICG), Marina Bošković, said that they are ready to talk to the train conductors who began suspending traffic this morning, but that they will not agree to blackmail.

She said this in response to the suspension of train traffic, which was initiated by a number of workers due to demands for higher wages.

Bošković also submitted an appeal requesting that trains carrying cars belonging to foreign citizens be allowed to pass, as some of them contain medicines and food for children, and that ambassadors of some countries have already requested passage...

Bošković apologized to citizens for what she said were illegal actions by some ŽICG employees and added that they accepted their requests for an interview - but that they were unable to fulfill everything that was requested.

"ŽICG has 800 employees, while 85 have signed this initiative. I call on the group of employees to stop the diversionary actions," Bošković told reporters.

She has repeatedly called for talks and negotiations and stressed that she does not agree to ultimatums.

Bošković added that she will do everything she can to allow trains carrying cars of foreign citizens to pass, but that work is still underway.

"The strike is not in accordance with the law, not a single element of the law has been respected. Our budget is limited and there are no funds in it to fulfill all our wishes," she pointed out.

Bošković stated that those who stopped traffic illegally will bear the consequences, and that not all 85 signatories responded to the initiative.

ŽICG workers gathered on the platform of the Podgorica station stated that the workers had suspended traffic in all cities.

In the premises of ŽICG and families with babies

In a video address, Bošković said that she once again apologized to citizens and foreign nationals, some of whom are families with babies in the company's premises. That is why she appealed to start trains transporting cars of foreign nationals...

"I appeal to human feelings. I am also among the people who are accommodated in our premises because they cannot access their cars with their medications. We have a passenger who needs baby food that is in that car. I have also been contacted by certain ambassadors, especially about a student who has insulin in his car," Bošković said, adding that the vehicles contain the private property of foreign citizens.