WORLD NEWS FOR MONTENEGRO DIASPORA
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AUTHOR:M.J. GDNUS
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at the EU leaders' summit in Brussels that the reasons why Croatia did not support Montenegro in closing Chapter 31 (foreign, security and defense policy) are clear.
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković confirmed that the prevention of the closure of Chapter 31 in the accession negotiations with Montenegro has most to do with the events during the summer and that the Podgorica authorities knew in time that Croatia would not allow the closure of this chapter.
The Croatian Prime Minister said that his country gave its consent to the closure of three chapters, but not Chapter 31, which relates to foreign, security and defense policy.
According to Planković, this chapter also includes a package of good neighborly relations.
"We said no at this point and we made that known in advance to our partners within the European Union (EU) and the Montenegrin authorities. There are many reasons for that, especially the events that took place this summer, and when certain elements are resolved, we will return to this issue," the Croatian prime minister said.
He met with Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović in Brussels, ahead of the EU-Western Balkans summit.
