WORLD NEWS FOR MONTENEGRO DIASPORA
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SOURCE:ANTENA M- AUTHOR:M.J. GDNUS
During Prime Minister Milojko Spajić's regular visit to the United States, where he had meetings at the IMF and the World Bank, it was logically expected that the Prime Minister's Office, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, would also prepare a political visit, as much as possible, a career diplomat and former ambassador of Montenegro, who wished to remain anonymous, told Antena M.
"Such a visit is planned in advance, since it is known when the meetings are in those major financial institutions, and it is simply incomprehensible that the trip was not used to talk with someone in the White House or the State Department or with some of the senators or congressmen," the diplomat said.
According to our interlocutor's information, the Prime Minister met only with certain representatives of the diaspora.
"I cannot comment on something that I do not know precisely what happened. The Montenegrin diaspora in America is numerous, diverse and mostly patriotically oriented towards its only country, Montenegro," the former ambassador points out.
Asked about the group of supporters of Montenegro in Congress, which was numerous until a few years ago, Antena M's interlocutor emphasizes that the caucus is a powerful institution and adds:
"Most countries there practice caucuses and Montenegro has had one for a long time. In order for a caucus to exist, it is necessary to have at least two representatives in it - that is: one representative of the Republicans, one representative of the Democrats. According to my knowledge, I do not know exactly when it happened, whether on the eve of the American elections or after, we lost a representative of the Republican Party and we have not had a caucus since then," our source indicates.
He adds that he does not know whether Montenegrin diplomacy was engaged in preparing Spajić's visit to the USA. If not, he points out that it is a major omission, especially since in America we have not even had lobbying houses for a long time, which are extremely necessary for the work, especially of smaller countries like ours.
