It is unfortunate that the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, addresses and talks about Montenegro with inappropriate words, and such unfortunate formulations cannot be welcomed from our country, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Filip Ivanovic. He said that Montenegro does not want to spoil relations with any of its neighbors.
"President Vučić was in Montenegro a few days ago, he was familiar with the content of the amendments that were sent to the UN, and he did not comment in that way, but said that Serbia will not tell Montenegro how to vote. Those are unfortunate formulations and they can hardly be welcomed by Montenegro," Ivanović said, as reported by Portal RTCG.
When asked whether the vote could threaten the relations between the two countries, he said that we should work on cooperation.
"Even when May 23 passes, Montenegro and Serbia will be next to each other, they may still see some things differently, but there will be many more issues and topics that bring them closer together and on which we should work together. "Montenegro does not want to spoil relations with any of its neighbors," Ivanovic said.
He did not comment on the Resolution on Jasenovac.
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He reminded that in one amendment on Srebrenica, it is stated that criminal responsibility for the crime of genocide under international law is individualized and cannot be attributed to any ethnic, religious community or group as a whole.
"The second wording is that we repeat our unwavering commitment to preserving stability and respecting unity in the diversity of BiH," he said.
He said that the Government tried to act as a conciliator in the region and due to internal circumstances, in order to minimize or eliminate the possibility of manipulation to mark the entire nation as genocidal.
"Another discussion that could be heard is that, with that resolution, an attempt could be made to change the internal organization of BiH, which is otherwise guaranteed by the Dayton Agreement," Ivanović said.
He explained that stability within BiH cannot be questioned.
"And the interpretation of the first wording that entered the text of the resolution says that responsibility for genocide cannot be attributed to any group and nation, which prevents the resolution from being misused tomorrow to brand a nation as genocidal," he said.
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