The Committee for Security of the Parliament of Montenegro supported today the initiatives on sending members of the Army of Montenegro to the United Nations (UN) Mission in Cyprus and participation in the NATO maritime operation "Sea Guardian".
The committee unanimously adopted the reports on those proposals, which will be sent to the Assembly for consideration and adoption.
Defense Minister Dragan Krapović announced that a total of 58 members of the Army of Montenegro are currently participating in missions, operations and activities.
"Taking into account the need to strengthen the credibility of Montenegro in the international community, especially in the United Nations (UN) and active contribution to the preservation of security in the world, participation in the UN mission in Cyprus would make a concrete contribution to the achievement of this goal. As for the number of people, they proposed We are hiring up to three members of the Army, taking into account the available capacities of the Croatian Armed Forces and other tasks facing the Army, as well as financial aspects," said Krapović at the Board session.
He announced that the expected annual costs for one member of this mission are around 23 thousand euros.
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Up to four members of the Army of Montenegro are sent to the NATO maritime operation "Sea Guardian", with the possibility of rotation.
"We cannot determine the financial aspect exactly at this moment because it will largely depend on the bilateral agreement that we will conclude with the partners that we will use to carry out the operation," Krapović said.
Speaking about the research on NATO support, he said that he believes that it was done by credible institutions and organizations, but that it must be borne in mind that these studies are done on a limited group of people, through a methodology that does not have to be accurate and precise. . "You have the same type of research conducted by the Center for Civic Education and Damar, for the same comparative period, and in their findings, support for NATO membership is significantly higher, around 55 percent," said Krapović. He emphasized that he will also analyze this research in detail and coordinate the communication strategy with it. Speaking about the seizure of weapons from the Brezovik military warehouse, Krapović said that it was not an address that would determine whether someone was guilty or appreciate the evidence. "I expressed my doubts that the seizure of automatic weapons and ammunition and distribution to certain individuals or security institutions ahead of the state, two days before parliamentary elections, is a very worrying phenomenon," said Krapović. As he said, his suspicions point in the direction that it was done for the purpose of potentially committing criminal acts against the Constitution, the security of the state and against the freely expressed will of the citizens in the elections. "The books say that everything was returned, but whether everything was returned - I cannot say," added Krapović.
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