Special envoys of the USA and Great Britain for the Western Balkans Gabriel Escobar i Stuart Peach confirmed their arrival at the inauguration of the new president of Montenegro Jakov Milatović.
The Assembly, where the inauguration will be held, told "Vijesta" that hundreds of invitations had been sent, and Eskobar and Pič were among the first to confirm their arrival.
"Several hundred invitations were sent. Resident and non-resident ambassadors, MPs, former and current presidents, international partners, all state officials from the region, the EU and beyond, presidents and vice-presidents of municipalities were invited...", the Assembly said.
On May 20, Milatović will take the oath of office in the Parliament and take office as the President of Montenegro, after which he will host a cocktail party in Villa Gorica.
After some media raised the question of whether the president of Kosovo was invited to the inauguration Vjosa Osmani, from the Presidency of Kosovo confirmed to Koha.net that the president received an invitation.
"There was an invitation to President Osmana to participate in the inauguration of President Milatović," he told Koha Bekim Kupin, media adviser in the Office of the Presidency.
"Vijesti" previously announced that the Police Directorate is preparing a plan with the highest level of security, and the number of police officers and the positions they will be appointed to will depend on the number and list of guests who will attend the inauguration.
Considering that the arrival of foreign protected persons is expected, according to the protocols of the Police Administration, they must be guarded according to the highest security standards during their stay in Montenegro.
Outgoing President Milo Djukanovic In 2018, when he was elected to that position, he decided that there would be no foreign guests at the inauguration, but instead the diplomatic corps and representatives of Montenegrin institutions attended the ceremony.
The ceremonial announcement of the president at the session of the Assembly was held in previous years in the Government House in Cetinje. The capital also houses the residence of the president. Every regular spring and summer session of the parliament begins there, i.e. the first session is held.
However, Milatović decided to be inaugurated in Podgorica in the building of the Parliament of Montenegro, thereby changing the practice established by his predecessor.
Milatović said earlier that the inauguration should be an example of the highest democratic standards and that is why it is scheduled in the Parliament of Montenegro.
Milatović expects Vučić and other regional leaders
Milatović expects that his inauguration next Saturday in Podgorica will be attended by the leaders of the countries of the region, including the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vućić.
"Everything is going, as I am informed, according to the planned plan. We have received confirmation that numerous high-ranking officials from those countries will attend the inauguration ceremony. Here I am also thinking of the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, which is a good signal of trust and mutual respect between Montenegro and those countries, and that really makes me happy," Milatović said in an interview with Vijesti Television.
He said that one of his first moves in the position of head of state will be to review the incoming laws passed during the dissolved Assembly.
When asked if he would sign the numerous acts they passed, including the Law on the Central Bank of Montenegro, he replied that he had already commented on that law.
"I don't think it's about whether the president has been denied some powers or not, but that it's about a bad practice that was criticized by international financial organizations as well. I think that this criticism should be taken very seriously and responsibly," he said.
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