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Independent Balkans News Agency (26 October 2021)

Mladen Dragojlovic

The President of the Parliament of Montenegro, Aleksa Bečić, met in Athens with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Hendrik Dems, it was announced from Bečić’s cabinet. Noting that Montenegro, as a candidate country in the dynamic negotiation process of EU integration, Bečić emphasized that his country, as a full member of the Council of Europe, remains fully committed to achieving the standards promoted by this organization.

He pointed out the unequivocal commitment of the new parliamentary majority to the foreign policy course, emphasizing that Montenegro is “strongly open to the family of European nations”, which is evidenced by the majority support of its citizens. In that context, Bečić said that he expected a proactive response from Europe, ie a strategic response, especially having in mind that Montenegro has made the most progress on the European path, that it has opened all negotiation chapters, temporarily closed three, emphasizing that this country has 100% harmonized foreign policy and harmonized monetary policy. He also emphasized the fact that the highest legislative house of Montenegro was declared the most transparent in the Western Balkans(*).

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(*) AVİM considers the term "Western Balkans" to be a politically motivated separatist terminology and persists on the use of the geographical and historical identification "Balkans" regarding the region.