Montenegrin PM: EU candidacy by end of 2010

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović said that he expected his country to receive the EU candidate status by the end of 2010.

Izvor: FoNet

Tuesday, 15.12.2009.

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Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic said that he expected his country to receive the EU candidate status by the end of 2010. Djukanovic, who is visiting Rome, Italy, said that "reservations" regarding Montenegro’s admission to the EU which some countries, such as Germany and the Netherlands, "primarily regarded the entire concept of enlargement of the EU during the crisis of the European institutions, and the world economic crises,“ RFE reported. Montenegrin PM: EU candidacy by end of 2010 He told Italian news agency ANSA that “Europe should not underestimate the potential of the Balkan countries, which could contribute to the EU’s better reputation on the international level.” Djukanovic also pointed out that the perspective of joining the EU should be guaranty for the future stability of the Balkans which "only recently emerged from the civil war". The Montenegrin PM has also met with the head of the Roman Catholic Churhc, Pope Benedict XVI. Their conversation focused on "the current situation on the international and regional level", reports said. They spoke about religious freedoms and the positive contribution of the Catholic minority to the development of the Montenegrin society, the Vatican announced. Djukanovic also had meetings with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. The meeting with the prime minister of Montenegro was the last in a series of meetings the pope had with presidents and governments of numerous countries recently, the Italian news agency stated.

Montenegrin PM: EU candidacy by end of 2010

He told Italian news agency ANSA that “Europe should not underestimate the potential of the Balkan countries, which could contribute to the EU’s better reputation on the international level.”

Đukanović also pointed out that the perspective of joining the EU should be guaranty for the future stability of the Balkans which "only recently emerged from the civil war".

The Montenegrin PM has also met with the head of the Roman Catholic Churhc, Pope Benedict XVI. Their conversation focused on "the current situation on the international and regional level", reports said.

They spoke about religious freedoms and the positive contribution of the Catholic minority to the development of the Montenegrin society, the Vatican announced.

Đukanović also had meetings with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.

The meeting with the prime minister of Montenegro was the last in a series of meetings the pope had with presidents and governments of numerous countries recently, the Italian news agency stated.

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