Nikolić: No one has the right to approve as ambassadors people who do not stand for the Montenegrin national anthem or do not respect the flag

"If, as can be unofficially read in the media, the determining reason for selecting future Montenegrin ambassadors from the political quota is that the pro-Russian candidate from the Democratic People's Party goes to Russia, the pro-Serbian candidate from the New Serbian Democracy goes to Serbia, and the pro-Albanian candidate from the Albanian Forum goes to Albania , then the question arises who will our diplomatic representatives represent there - Montenegro, the host country or their personal and party affinities towards the host country"

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Nikolić, Photo: DPS
Nikolić, Photo: DPS
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Nobody has the right to approve on behalf of Montenegro the appointment of unprepared and wrong people as ambassadors, who do not know foreign languages, or the worst and most unacceptable, who do not stand for the Montenegrin national anthem or do not respect their national flag, announced today Andrija Nikolić, the head of the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).

He stated in the announcement that the interest of political parties must not prevail over the interest of the state when appointing ambassadors, and that the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MVP) will be the most scrutinized.

"If, as can be unofficially read in the media, the determining reason for selecting future Montenegrin ambassadors from the political quota is that the pro-Russian candidate from the Democratic People's Party goes to Russia, the pro-Serbian candidate from the New Serbian Democracy goes to Serbia, and the pro-Albanian candidate from the Albanian Forum goes to Albania , then the question arises as to who will be represented by our diplomatic representatives there - Montenegro, the host country or their personal and party affinities towards the host country. Such demands of political parties are, to say the least, controversial, and a government that cares about national interests will not allow appointments ambassadors who were proposed to serve someone else's country, not their own," said Nikolić.

He added that the diplomatic network was destroyed during the mandate of Zdravko Krivokapić and Dritan Abazović Abazović's government, and that at the moment only a quarter of the ambassadorial positions are filled, which Nikolić said is unacceptable for a country that is a candidate for membership in the European Union (EU).

"Consultations on the filling of ambassador positions, which have finally begun, are taking place under the assumption of a growing political conflict between President Milatović and Prime Minister Spajić, so the logical question arises as to whether the criterion of loyalty of ambassador candidates to Spajić or Milatović will be decisive during the election, which our diplomatic network is introducing into the zone of abuse for the purposes of intra-party reckoning in the Europe Now Movement," said Nikolić.

He said that Montenegrin diplomacy did not exist during the previous period, and that this could be established by the behavior of the highest officials of Montenegro, who, as he said, had no one to advise and learn how to present their country in the presence of foreign colleagues.

"We still have fresh memories of how Montenegrin President Milatović falls into a trance during a meeting with his Serbian colleague Aleksandar Vučić because his host "knows so much about wine", i.e. how Parliament President Mandić turns off his phone during a celebration in Vučić's election headquarters when the latter exclaims Can anyone then expect that with such a profile of state officials, the personal integrity of the candidates and their unquestionable loyalty to their own country will be the decisive criterion when choosing diplomatic representatives," said Nikolić.

According to him, although the Minister of Foreign Affairs is not the only and the last one to decide, he is obliged to point out the received proposals, and even to oppose them if the proposed candidates do not fit into the defined interests of foreign policy.

"If these interests are at all defined in such a heterogeneous ruling majority. We should never lose sight of the fact that ever since there has been diplomatic representation of states, as a conditio sine qua non when choosing future ambassadors, it is true that true patriots who have been honored are chosen for these positions that they got the opportunity to represent their country," said Nikolić.

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