Đukanović: Neighborly cooperation paramount

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović says that Montenegro is fostering good neighborly relations and regional cooperation.

Izvor: VOA

Tuesday, 30.12.2008.

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Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic says that Montenegro is fostering good neighborly relations and regional cooperation. He said that only regional cooperation would help achieve stability in the Balkans. Djukanovic: Neighborly cooperation paramount “We have no open issues with our neighbors. The recognition of Kosovo independence is proof to what extent we are ready to support the national interests of Montenegro and how ready we are to make uncompromising moves that we believe will stabilize the region,” Djukanovic said. The prime minister said that a political consensus in the country was necessary in order for Montenegro to be successful on the road to European integration. Entering the EU and NATO was Montenegro’s strategic goal, Djukanovic said, adding that he was content with the recent responses from Brussels. He said that judgments of Montenegro coming from abroad mattered more to him than those coming from inside the country. “I think a lot has been done, but a perception was created in the foreign and domestic public of a lack of legal security in Montenegro, and that is why we will work on achieving more convincing results in the coming period,” Djukanovic underlined. He accused the opposition of giving a Montenegro a bad name at home and abroad. Djukanovic said that further administrative reform would be Montenegro’s biggest challenge on the road towards the EU. The prime minister said that the country’s state policies had been crowned with Montenegro’s application for EU candidate status. “That called for formal confirmation from all relevant European institutions that we were implementing the Stabilization and Association agreement in a responsible way, but it essentially highlights the obvious results in democratic and economic development,” Djukanovic said. He said that Montenegro was aware that there were no shortcuts on the path to Euro-Atlantic integration. The prime minister said that there were 101 draft laws ready to be submitted to the parliament for adoption. “With the support and cooperation of those who gave us a ticket to a developed European and democratic society by accepting our application for EU candidate status, we enter the coming year with realistic optimism,” Djukanovic said.

Đukanović: Neighborly cooperation paramount

“We have no open issues with our neighbors. The recognition of Kosovo independence is proof to what extent we are ready to support the national interests of Montenegro and how ready we are to make uncompromising moves that we believe will stabilize the region,” Đukanović said.

The prime minister said that a political consensus in the country was necessary in order for Montenegro to be successful on the road to European integration.

Entering the EU and NATO was Montenegro’s strategic goal, Đukanović said, adding that he was content with the recent responses from Brussels.

He said that judgments of Montenegro coming from abroad mattered more to him than those coming from inside the country.

“I think a lot has been done, but a perception was created in the foreign and domestic public of a lack of legal security in Montenegro, and that is why we will work on achieving more convincing results in the coming period,” Đukanović underlined.

He accused the opposition of giving a Montenegro a bad name at home and abroad.

Đukanović said that further administrative reform would be Montenegro’s biggest challenge on the road towards the EU.

The prime minister said that the country’s state policies had been crowned with Montenegro’s application for EU candidate status.

“That called for formal confirmation from all relevant European institutions that we were implementing the Stabilization and Association agreement in a responsible way, but it essentially highlights the obvious results in democratic and economic development,” Đukanović said.

He said that Montenegro was aware that there were no shortcuts on the path to Euro-Atlantic integration.

The prime minister said that there were 101 draft laws ready to be submitted to the parliament for adoption.

“With the support and cooperation of those who gave us a ticket to a developed European and democratic society by accepting our application for EU candidate status, we enter the coming year with realistic optimism,” Đukanović said.

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