Montenegro to table dual citizenship proposal

Montenegro has prepared a draft agreement regarding dual citizenship with countries of the former Yugoslavia.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 27.08.2008.

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Montenegro has prepared a draft agreement regarding dual citizenship with countries of the former Yugoslavia. According to the proposal, dual citizenship will be an exception and only those who had it prior to June 3, 2006, when Montenegro declared independence, will be entitled to retain it, said Montenegrin Interior Minister Jusuf Kalamperovic. Montenegro to table dual citizenship proposal Dual citizenship would be available to those who had one parent that was a citizen of another country, he said, adding that “this agreement only governs the effects of existing dual citizenship.” “We are a small population and we have to look after ourselves,” Kalamperovic told Montenegro Television. He added that the agreement was expected to address other issues as well, such as readmission and the possibility of extraditing its citizens to other countries. Serbia will also offer an agreement on dual citizenship in the coming months, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic told Montenegro Television. He said that Serbia was ready to talk with Montenegro regarding the issue, adding that it had a completely different view of the situation. Dacic said that there were several hundred thousand people who were citizens of Serbia and Montenegro, that many Montenegrin citizens lived in Serbia, and that the issue of dual citizenship was very important for them. In order for that issue to be resolved in the best possible way, Dacic said, it was necessary to have an agreement on dual citizenship that would not pose citizens of either country any problems.

Montenegro to table dual citizenship proposal

Dual citizenship would be available to those who had one parent that was a citizen of another country, he said, adding that “this agreement only governs the effects of existing dual citizenship.”

“We are a small population and we have to look after ourselves,” Kalamperović told Montenegro Television.

He added that the agreement was expected to address other issues as well, such as readmission and the possibility of extraditing its citizens to other countries.

Serbia will also offer an agreement on dual citizenship in the coming months, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić told Montenegro Television. He said that Serbia was ready to talk with Montenegro regarding the issue, adding that it had a completely different view of the situation.

Dačić said that there were several hundred thousand people who were citizens of Serbia and Montenegro, that many Montenegrin citizens lived in Serbia, and that the issue of dual citizenship was very important for them.

In order for that issue to be resolved in the best possible way, Dačić said, it was necessary to have an agreement on dual citizenship that would not pose citizens of either country any problems.

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