The Government of Montenegro did not adopt the proposal of the platform for the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Đorđe Radulović to North Macedonia, so the minister has to return from Skopje, where he traveled today, "Vijesti" has learned.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro announced on Tuesday that a series of meetings are planned between the head of Montenegrin diplomacy and the highest officials of that country, the President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, the Vice-President of the Government for European Affairs, Bojan Maričić, as well as the Speaker of the Assembly of North Macedonia, Taljat Džaferi.
Radulović traveled to North Macedonia on his first working visit at the invitation of his colleague Bujar Osmani.
On the agenda of today's session of the Government is "Proposal of the platform for the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Đorđe Radulović to the Republic of North Macedonia on January 27 and 28, 2022", and the platform passed the Committee for the Political System and the Committee for Economic Policy.
The "Vijesti" source said that Krivokapić said at the Government session that he was not aware of the visit and that he asked the minister to inform him directly about the plans for the visit.
The media in North Macedonia assessed that it is being done about the diplomatic scandal.
The practice of adopting platforms for official visits subsequently, or after the official's return, is not new and was also characteristic of previous DPS governments.
In the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is written that Radulović's meetings with high-ranking officials of North Macedonia "will be an additional confirmation of the excellent bilateral relations between Montenegro and North Macedonia, which are characterized by high-quality political dialogue, friendship, as well as continuous mutual support within the framework of regional and multilateral cooperation formats".
"The visit to Skopje will also provide an opportunity for Minister Radulović to talk with representatives of the Montenegrin diaspora in North Macedonia about the ways in which the mother country can contribute to the realization of their plans and activities, with the aim of preserving the Montenegrin national and cultural identity," reads the MFA's statement published yesterday and on Government website.
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