Milatović: Montenegro will be accepted as an associate member of the Three Seas Initiative on Tuesday

Montenegro will be accepted as an associate member of the Three Seas Initiative tomorrow (Tuesday, April 29), and we will gain full membership after joining the European Union (EU), the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, announced today.

The Public Relations Office of the President of Montenegro announced that Milatović is participating in the 10th Summit of the Three Seas Initiative, which is being held in Warsaw, at the invitation of Polish President Andrzej Duda.

"He will attend the plenary session and working dinner together with leaders from Europe," the statement said.

The Public Relations Office of the President of Montenegro added that, at Milatović's proposal, it is expected that Montenegro will receive the status of an associate member at the Summit, which, as stated, would be changed to full status after Montenegro joins the EU.

"President Milatović made this proposal during last year's Summit in Lithuania, when our country attended a meeting within this Initiative for the first time. The Three Seas Initiative brings together 13 EU member states from Central and Eastern Europe, which are geographically located between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic Seas, and enjoys the support of the most important global actors, including the European Commission, the United States, Germany and Japan," the statement reads.

It is stated that the focus of the Initiative is to strengthen the infrastructure, energy and digital connectivity of the region.

"I have just arrived in Warsaw, where, at the invitation of Polish President Duda, I am participating in the Three Seas Initiative Summit. I can say with great pleasure that starting tomorrow, Montenegro will be accepted as an associate member of this Initiative, and we will gain full membership after joining the EU. This is a great diplomatic success for Montenegro. This initiative is important in the context of regional connectivity in the areas of energy, infrastructure and the digital economy, and in this way we are joining an important regional platform, as another step forward towards our full membership in the EU," said Milatović.

He then announced on the social network X that tonight, at the invitation of Duda, he attended a gala dinner with numerous European leaders ahead of tomorrow's Three Seas Initiative Summit.

"Great news for our country. We are becoming an associated member state of this important political and economic platform, which is another step forward on our European path," Milatović wrote.