Company director Milovan Djurickovic confirmed last week that part of the equipment stolen from Cilipi by members of the former Yugoslav People's Army in 1992 was stored at the airport in the Montenegrin coastal town of Tivat, but stressed that only a small part of it was in service.
"This company is in no way responsible for that act of vandalism and should not suffer any consequences for it. It is well known who the culprits are and they should compensate the damage to our colleagues in Dubrovnik in a way agreed by the governments of the two countries," Djurickovic said.
Djurickovic said that his company had bought the airports at Tivat and the capital Podgorica from the Belgrade-based Yugoslav national carrier JAT for five million euros last year, and that only a minor part of the equipment from Cilipi was now in the ownership of his company. He said his company was ready to give the equipment back in its present condition.
"We have very good cooperation with our colleagues in Dubrovnik. We are turned to one another, we have frequent contacts and are successful in dealing with our professional problems together," Djurickovic said, repeating that a bill for the damage done during the war should be sent to someone else.