Letter from the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić Montenegrin colleague Milo Đukanović, on the occasion of the tragedy in Cetinje, if it is authentic, it is a first-rate diplomatic scandal, according to the professor of international relations at Boston University, Vesko Garcevic.
He wrote on Twitter that it was a deliberate disparagement of the country at a time when it is going through difficult moments after the tragedy in Cetinje.
The Information Service of the President of Montenegro announced on Sunday that the address of the President's office was sent from the official e-mail address Vladimir Božović delivered letter from Vučić regarding the accident in Cetinje. The announcement states that Božović introduced himself as the ambassador of Serbia in Montenegro.
Božović was declared persona non grata by the decision of the Government of Montenegro in November 2020. Serbia retaliated with a reciprocal measure, i.e. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared the ambassador of Montenegro in Serbia, Tarzan Milosevic, persona non grata. After reactions from the European Commission, Serbia withdrew the measure, but Montenegro did not.
The Cabinet of the President of Montenegro announced that on this occasion they would request certain actions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including a ban on entry and exit from the territory of Montenegro for Božović.
"Please note that a letter with the same content was forwarded for the second time during the day from the official e-mail address of the Embassy of Serbia in Montenegro," the announcement of the Cabinet of the President of Montenegro states.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ranko Krivokapic yesterday, he sent an urgent message to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in order to request again the "immediate ban on entry and removal" of Vladimir Božović, the expelled Serbian ambassador to Montenegro, if he is in the country's territory.
On the official Twitter account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was stated that in connection with the "latest case of his false and formal representation as an ambassador", an explanation was requested from the Embassy of Serbia in Podgorica, and the answer received was that Božović is the ambassador "until the president issues a decree on his recall with duties".
Garčević said that this move "is not an ordinary violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations".
He explained that the president sends diplomatic letters directly to his colleague and that official letters are not sent by e-mail.
"The letter was sent through an individual, a citizen who falsely presents himself. "The Vienna Diplomatic Convention is clear - without the consent of the host country, you as a diplomat cannot perform your duty or hold a diplomatic title in that country," wrote Garčević.
Božović was declared persona non grata after he called the Podgorica Assembly "liberation" and "free will" of the Montenegrin people.
He said earlier that he is still the ambassador of Serbia in Montenegro.
"And it will remain so until the Republic of Serbia decides otherwise, because the state of Serbia, as well as Montenegro and every other sovereign and recognized state, has the right to independently choose its ambassadors and diplomats," Božović wrote on his Twitter account.
Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic he said during his official visit to Serbia at the end of June that he expected Montenegro and Serbia to appoint new ambassadors, despite the expectations of official Belgrade that, according to unofficial information, Božović would return to Podgorica.
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