Ambassadors of Montenegro Miodrag Vlahović, Nebojša Kaluđerović and Željko Perović were invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MVP) for an interview due to the publication joint statement in which they explained the reasons for paying a fine to the suspended ministry official Mirna Nikčević.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not, in any way, at any time, aware of the views of the three ambassadors expressed in their joint public announcement, nor were the expressed views the subject of consultations within the MFA, which is contrary to good practice and all known customs of each serious, professional and responsible diplomacy," states the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed by Srđan Darmanović.
The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs adds that all ambassadors and diplomats, especially the most experienced and in the most important positions both in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the diplomatic-consular network, must be aware that this invitation, both professionally and personally, implies responsibility, seriousness and respect for the state, of all its institutions, all its policies and all its citizens, without exception.
"The space for improvisations, personal attitudes and personal judgments on the public stage, if and when it exists, must be used with utmost responsibility and delicacy, which, in this case, was absent. Every public appearance of Montenegrin diplomats must be based on the basic principle of protection interest and reputation of the state of Montenegro, its organs and institutions, but also on the values of its civil organization. On the occasion of the current case, ambassadors Miodrag Vlahović, Nebojša Kaluđerović and Željko Perović were invited to the MFA, after which the Ministry will make a decision on further steps, in accordance with usual practice and the Law on Foreign Affairs", said the MFA.
The misdemeanor court fined Nikčević 600 euros because on her Facebook profile she insulted believers who gathered in front of the Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection in Podgorica on Trinity Day. After Nikčević said that three ambassadors had paid her fine, Montenegrin diplomats issued a public statement in which, among other things, they stated that those who "premeditatedly, deliberately, orchestrated and organized attacks on Montenegro" should not be punished.
The office of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro assessed yesterday that by paying the fine, the ambassadors compromised the purpose of the sanction imposed by the court. The Ombudsperson's office also said that a legitimate private act of each individual is the decision about their own financial assistance to anyone.
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