The deadline for Vladimir Božović to leave Montenegro expired yesterday, but according to "Vijesti" unofficial information, he welcomed the decision of the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs to declare him persona non-grata in Belgrade, where he has been since Friday.
The authorities in Serbia expect that the new Montenegrin government will withdraw the decision on his expulsion, and that his agreement will remain valid.
In the Podgorica MFA, however, they claim that this is not true.
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities does not specify whether an ambassador who has been declared persona non-grata can return to that country. "The accrediting state should make sure that the person it intends to accredit as the head of the mission has received approval. The country to which it is accredited is not obliged to present to the country that accredits the reasons for rejecting the agreement," the Vienna Convention says.
It is also stated that the accredited state can at any time, and without the obligation to explain the decision, inform the accrediting state that the head or any member of the diplomatic staff of the mission is persona non grata or that any other member of the mission's staff is inadmissible.
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