To whom Montenegro introduced "unprovoked" sanctions

Montenegro must not sell technologies to Iraq that can contribute to the further development of Iran's nuclear program, invest in the oil industry in Syria, or sell luxury goods to North Korea.

Government officials are not allowed to receive visits from Myanmar officials, and citizens of Montenegro are prohibited from buying rough diamonds from the Ivory Coast.

This is, among other things, part of the measures that Montenegro must adhere to as a member of the United Nations and as a candidate for membership in the European Union.

Thus, since 2006, the government has imposed strict sanctions on dozens of countries, which the average Montenegrin citizen only hears about at the opening of the Olympic Games.

Montenegro is obliged to freeze financial assets and economic resources of persons responsible for the misuse of Tunisian state funds, as well as persons connected with them

This also applies to the UN Charter, according to which Montenegro is obliged to implement the measures adopted on the basis of that document. Most of the measures adopted by Montenegro relate to the embargo on arms, military equipment and dual-use goods.

So the sale of weapons to Lebanon, Eritrea, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Somalia and Sudan is prohibited.

In addition, those countries are not allowed to sell "equipment for internal repression", and individuals close to undemocratic regimes in those countries have been banned by Montenegro from entering the country and would have to freeze their financial resources.

Montenegro must comply with the restrictive measures introduced by the EU towards Afghanistan. They relate to the arms embargo, the freezing of funds and the entry into the country of persons suspected of terrorism.

There are also UN Security Council sanctions on individuals associated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

As for Belarus, Montenegro has joined the EU embargo, so individuals close to Alexander Lukashenko, if we discover them in Montenegro, would have their funds frozen.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is subject to a ban on the sale of weapons to "non-governmental entities and individuals" in that country, as well as an entry ban and freezing of financial assets.

Montenegro must comply with a long list of strict sanctions against North Korea - the export of weapons, luxury goods, but also for the provision of certain services.

The government accepted to implement a "targeted arms embargo" against Iraq. Export of arms is permitted for the Government of that country and international forces stationed in Iraq. But due to the destruction of museums and monuments of ancient Mesopotamia during the American invasion of Iraq, Montenegro is obliged to accept "restrictions on trade in cultural goods" from Iraq.

For Syria, the embargo on telecommunications equipment as well as the granting of "loans and provision of financial services" to individuals close to Bashar Al-Assad's regime are additionally valid.

Montenegro is obliged to freeze the financial assets and economic resources of persons responsible for the misuse of Tunisian state funds, as well as persons connected with them.

As for the region, the obligation to freeze the financial assets of individuals designated by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is still in force.