"Behind the open accusations against Montenegro over accelerated separatism, there are some institutions and ministries in the government of Serbia which are covertly bringing into question the survival of the state union," Marovic said in a written statement which was forwarded to media on Sunday evening.
The president added that the survival as well as the European future of this union were brought into the question, and went on to say that he was sure that the 'covert' undermining of the union was conducted without the knowledge of the Serbian Prime Minister and the President, Vojislav Kostunica and Boris Tadic respectively.
Marovic said he was going to inform the European Union of "growing tendencies toward the direct undermining of the speed of the Europeanisation of Serbia-Montenegro which are not coming from Montenegro (,..) but from some institutions and ministries of the Government of Serbia..."
In this context Marovic pointed to the cooperation with the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal, adding that somebody in Serbia "definitely must solve the problem, either positively or negatively".
Otherwise, indefinite delays in resolving this issue directly affect the survival of the state union and speed up the separation between Serbia and Montenegro, he warned.
Responding to Marovic's statement, Serbian government spokesman Srdjan Djuric said that the "state union will survive because there is the Constitutional Charter as a guarantee for its functioning".