Today, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia informed Montenegro in a note sent to the Embassy of Montenegro in Zagreb that the Republic of Croatia declared Andrija Mandić, President of the Parliament of Montenegro, Milan Knežević, Member of the Parliament of Montenegro, and Aleksa Bečić, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Montenegro. , are undesirable in the Republic of Croatia due to systemic actions to disrupt good neighborly relations with the Republic of Croatia and continuous abuse of the Republic of Croatia for internal political purposes, MVEP announced.
"The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs regrets that the majority in the Parliament of Montenegro decided to ignore the continuous calls of the Republic of Croatia not to take steps that could negatively affect our bilateral relations and Montenegro's European path. In this context, the actions of the mentioned political officials stand out, and their actions cannot in any way be considered benevolent and good-neighborly in relation to the Republic of Croatia, nor are they in accordance with the declared goal of Montenegro's membership in the European Union," state the MVEP.
They add that good neighborly relations are one of the key elements of the enlargement process as well as the stabilization and association process and one of the key criteria for evaluating progress in Montenegro's accession process, in accordance with the European Union's Negotiating Framework for Montenegro.
"Croatia supports European Montenegro, supports the process of accession to the European Union and advocated progress on Montenegro's European path. The Republic of Croatia expects that Montenegro will behave in accordance with European values and in the European spirit and that it will focus its efforts on further fulfilling the conditions and benchmarks in the accession process," reads the announcement of MVEP.
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