Đukanović: The villa was too expensive, I will think about buying it

The President of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, said that the house near Villa Gorica is not his, even though the owner offered it for sale.

He said that it is not true that he discussed the house with the owner of the Atlčas Group, Duško Knežević.

Đukanović also said that he acquired everything regularly and legally.

"All that is true about the house is that the owner of that building talked to me to offer it to me. It is true that I talked to him because we are friends, but I said that I was not interested in it at that moment, but that I would not rule it out possibility to buy it sometime. Look at the miracles, I also want to spend the rest of my life in Montenegro in a house, not in an apartment," said Đukanović, assessing that he believes that he should not be discriminated against because of this.

“If it was mine, it would already be in my name. Whether it will be - we will see".

He said that Knežević is telling lies and imagining that the two are friends. Đukanović also warned that Knežević is a fugitive from justice who is trying to camouflage his legal responsibility by making a fuss on the political field.

"I have a strict selection of friends. If by any chance I wanted to hide some real estate that I own, I have my family and I have my friends. We never discussed that topic. There would be no need to hide it, because that would mean that I acquired something illegally Đukanović said.

He also said that he does not agree that "this or that media puts him in the category of desirable or undesirable real estate owner".

Đukanović called on the media to use the opportunities offered by investigative journalism, go to the municipality and check all the papers as well as who carried out the works on the building.

"It doesn't occur to me to listen to anyone's suggestions. Neither a friend nor an imaginary friend who can tell me what I can and can't do in Montenegro. You know, I also engaged in some public and responsible work, and in addition, I engaged in business on several occasions and acquired a certain amount of capital in them," he said.