DJUKANOVIC EXPECTS EQUAL TREATMENT OF MONTENEGRIN PLATFORM

PODGORICA, Dec 13 (Hina) - The President of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, expects that the Montenegrin platform be equally included in seeking a solution to future relations between Montenegro and Serbia, the Montenegrin President's Office reported Thursday. This should take place in Belgrade on Monday in the presence of the NATO Secretary General, Javier Solana. "I highly appreciate the European Union's willingness to urge a crucial dialogue between Montenegro and Serbia, and I expect an equal inclusion of the Montenegrin platform into the process of seeking a solution to future relations," Djukanovic said in talks with the head of the political department for western Balkans at the German Foreign Ministry, Johannes Heindl, and the German Ambassador to Belgrade, Joakim Schmidt. Djukanovic said that Solana's initiative was welcome if realised the way he announced it, that is, that equal talks be held on possibilities of re-defining the federal framework, and solutions after the federation's end, the Office reported. Heindl said Germany's standpoint was in harmony with the EU one, and added it was up to Montenegrin citizens to decide which and what kind of state will they live in. (hina) np sb