The Montenegrin Government stated on Thursday that the agreement is a result of what it called excellent policies of the Croatian and Montenegrin governments and emphasised that good neighbourly cooperation was a basis for a stable foreign policy and a prerequisite for regional and general integration processes.
In relation to tomorrow's signing ceremony which will take place in the Montenegrin coastal resort of Budva, the Croatian Jutarnji List daily reported on Thursday that prosecution offices of Montenegro would press charges against Montenegrin nationals who are accused of war crimes in Croatia and who are not available to Croatia's judiciary.
In the article headlined "Montenegro will Prosecute (War) Crimes Committed in Dubrovnik", the daily reported that Bajic was expected on Thursday in Dubrovnik where he would visit the County Office of the State Prosecutor. That office has been preparing data on all war crimes cases, particularly about the ones involving perpetrators who are hiding in Montenegro.
According to the paper, criminal proceedings against 210 war crimes suspects have been launched in Dubrovnik, and investigations against some 50 suspects are under way.
Bajic was quoted as saying that Montenegro, just like Croatia, cannot extradite its citizens, but it can put them on trial, adding that he would inform the Montenegrin judiciary about data and evidence on war crimes, primarily on atrocities committed in Dubrovnik during the then Yugoslav Army's aggression against the southernmost part of Croatia in early 1990s.