Spajić: We are making a decision under urgent procedure to temporarily lift the visa-free regime for Turkish citizens

"In order to preserve economic activity and good bilateral relations, in the coming period we will initiate intensive talks with the Republic of Turkey in order to find the best model in mutual interest, in the spirit of good cooperation and alliance," Spajić wrote on the social network X

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Spajić, Photo: Luka Zeković
Spajić, Photo: Luka Zeković
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Tomorrow, following an urgent procedure, we will make a decision on the temporary lifting of the visa-free regime for Turkish citizens, announced the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milojko Spajić, this evening.

"In order to preserve economic activity and good bilateral relations, in the coming period we will initiate intensive talks with the Republic of Turkey in order to find the best model in mutual interest, in the spirit of good cooperation and alliance," Spajić wrote on the social network X.

A state of siege was in place tonight in the Zabjelo neighborhood of Podgorica, where the police conducted raids after Podgorica resident MJ (25) was beaten and stabbed in the neighborhood last night, while on the other hand, numerous residents of the neighborhood, revolted by last night's act of violence, gathered and repeatedly chanted derogatory slogans against the Turks.

A large number of police officers and inspectors were on the scene, and several locations in that part of the city were checked.

A reporter for Television Vijesti reported that three Turkish citizens had even barricaded themselves in a casino after, according to eyewitnesses, a group of locals tried to physically confront them.

After taking them out of the casino, the police detained two Turkish citizens, and according to unofficial information from Television Vijesti, one of them is suspected of being involved in last night's attack.

After that, the group of citizens began to disperse.

Vijesti reported earlier today that the Podgorica police are searching for three attackers who, late last night, seriously injured and stabbed a Podgorica resident, MJ, in the Zabjelo settlement in Podgorica.

The Police Directorate unofficially told Vijesti that they are searching for the perpetrators, that they have notified the prosecutor's office about the incident, and that the qualification of the criminal offense is pending.

The injured Podgorica resident claims that he was attacked by Turkish citizens, and he told the journalist what he told the police after he was given assistance in the Emergency Unit of the Clinical Center - that last night he and his friends were on the terrace of a bar in Zabjelo, and that they remained there even when the bar was closed, and that he was attacked then.

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