The recalled ambassadors to the Holy See and to China, Miodrag Vlahović and Darko Pajović, handed over their duties to the chargé d'affaires yesterday, a day after the President of Montenegro signed the decrees of recall.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Vlahović informed them that he handed over the keys to the Embassy and the official car, as well as his bank cards.
Vlahović, not wanting to hand over his duties, had earlier replaced the lock at the Embassy, and Pajović did not want to return the seal.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Pajović returned the seal to the premises of the Montenegrin Embassy in Beijing yesterday.
Vlahović and Pajović refused to hand over their duties until President Milo Đukanović signed the impeachment. Đukanović did this on Wednesday, two months after the Government's proposal.
Vlahović wrote on Twitter yesterday that "the handover was completed, the situation at that moment was regular and regular".
"We are convinced that the current situation in Montenegrin politics and diplomacy is not sustainable and does not correspond to the interests of our country and everyone who lives in it. "Threats and pressures will never prevent us from engaging," said Vlahović.
Pajović wrote on Twitter that it was a great pleasure, an extraordinary honor and privilege to be the ambassador of Montenegro to China.
The MFA did not answer the questions of "Vijesti" about the measures they will take against Vlahović and Pajović for their behavior and whether they will be served with a decision on termination of employment.
President of the Club of MPs of the Movement for Change (PzP) and member of the Committee for International Relations and Expatriates, Branko Radulović, said that it is clear that the recalled ambassadors have committed serious violations of the employment relationship and that the disciplinary measure that should be implemented is the termination of the employment relationship.
"It is obvious that we need the improvement of the Law on Foreign Affairs, a new systematization in the competent ministry, a process of in-depth review of the competence of the staff in all diplomatic and consular missions, and the rationalization of the network," pointed out Radulović.
He said that it is certain that after such a process many will drop out who do not meet the basic criteria, nor have they gone through a very demanding process of training and acquiring a certain diplomatic title.
Radulović assessed that numerous affairs, scandals, misconduct of our diplomats have degraded the profession, which should represent and promote all citizens of Montenegro and its interests in foreign countries.
On December 18 last year, the government proposed to recall, in addition to Vlahović and Pajović, the ambassadors of Montenegro to Serbia, Tarzan Milošević, to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Obrad Mišo Stanišić, to the United Arab Emirates, Dušanka Jeknić, to Italy, Sanja Vlahović, and to Germany, Vera Kuliš. Later, the Government submitted a motion to recall the Ambassador of Montenegro to Poland, Budimir Šegrt, who is suspected of abuse of office in the Meljine case.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave the ambassadors who were recalled by the Government until February 15 to complete all their obligations in the receiving countries, which not all of them complied with, taking advantage of the fact that Đukanović did not sign the recall.
Radulović believes that the "inappropriate larceny staged by certain recalled ambassadors is only a reflection of the situation in which Montenegrin diplomacy is basically today".
"Namely, our diplomacy is a product of the partitocratic way of governing in the previous 30 years, whose sole task was to protect the image and work of the 'leader'," said Radulović.
He pointed out that whatever position Đukanović held, he was always the one who determined personal solutions in Montenegrin diplomacy, and most often the only criterion was subservience.
"How can we expect in such a completely polarized Montenegrin reality that Đukanović appoints and dismisses ambassadors based on clear criteria at the proposal of the Government, with the opinion of the competent Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro? What will be the final act that will be prepared for us by the impeached ambassadors Vlahović and Pajović in this farce, we have yet to see. Certainly not diplomatically," said Radulović.
Radulović: I was often ashamed of the behavior of certain ambassadors
Radulović pointed out that, as a former vice-president of the Assembly and a member of the assembly's working bodies, he was often ashamed of the behavior of certain ambassadors during visits to certain countries.
"Many tried to obstruct my visits and meetings because of my election activities," said Radulović.
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