PODGORICA, Jan 12 (Hina) - Montenegrin Foreign Minister Branko Lukovac said on Saturday that Montenegro's standpoint on the Prevlaka issues was identical to the one presented last year and the year before that. "We see Prevlaka as a
region of cooperation, including the development of tourism, so there are no changes in our standpoint. What caused some misunderstandings, I assume, is an opinion that the UNMOP mandate should be terminated as of this moment. Our assessment was that this most probably would not be possible, but this does not mean that we changed our standpoint about Prevlaka," Lukovac said. In a statement cited by media in Podgorica, Lukovac commented on a statement of his Croatian counterpart Tonino Picula given after a meeting with the head of the Montenegrin Office in Zagreb, Jusuf Fetahovic. Picula said Croatia was surprised with the statements of Montenegrin officials that U.N. observers h
PODGORICA, Jan 12 (Hina) - Montenegrin Foreign Minister Branko
Lukovac said on Saturday that Montenegro's standpoint on the
Prevlaka issues was identical to the one presented last year and the
year before that.
"We see Prevlaka as a region of cooperation, including the
development of tourism, so there are no changes in our standpoint.
What caused some misunderstandings, I assume, is an opinion that
the UNMOP mandate should be terminated as of this moment. Our
assessment was that this most probably would not be possible, but
this does not mean that we changed our standpoint about Prevlaka,"
Lukovac said.
In a statement cited by media in Podgorica, Lukovac commented on a
statement of his Croatian counterpart Tonino Picula given after a
meeting with the head of the Montenegrin Office in Zagreb, Jusuf
Fetahovic. Picula said Croatia was surprised with the statements of
Montenegrin officials that U.N. observers had to stay on Prevlaka.
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