ZAGREB, Nov 24 (Hina) - Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic proposed during Friday's Summit in Zagreb that Montenegro and Serbia should be recognised separately after which his country would be ready to talk about some kind of
alliance between these two states.
ZAGREB, Nov 24 (Hina) - Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic
proposed during Friday's Summit in Zagreb that Montenegro and
Serbia should be recognised separately after which his country
would be ready to talk about some kind of alliance between these two
states.#L#
Giving his speech at the closed-door plenary session of the Summit,
Djukanovic expounded a new Montenegrin initiative for the
redefinition of ties between the incumbent members of the Yugoslav
federation. His speech was circulated among journalists in the
Summit's press centre.
The Montenegrin initiative, he said, starts from the deep doubt
whether one should maintain the appearance of the joint state,
which in the meantime was reduced to a few functions discredited
through the dictatorship, or if one should follow reality which is
made up by the restored functional states of Serbia and
Montenegro.
Djukanovic quoted four reasons which support this initiative:
Montenegro holds that it is more rational to sanction the real state
of affairs than build a new, fourth Yugoslavia; Montenegro and
Serbia are old Balkan countries - recognised internationally long
time ago; the Badinter commission's findings recognise the
international subjectivity of Montenegro and Serbia; the
experience from the last eight years shows it is difficult to bridge
problems in the functioning of a community with disproportionate
members.
The Montenegrin president believes that the projection of Serbian-
Montenegrin relations which could be entailed from this initiative
was in the interest of Belgrade, Podgorica and the entire region.
(hina) jn ms