The issue of demarcation between Montenegro and Kosovo will remain at a standstill for a time, after the Kosovo elections. However, later on, a way would be found for the Demarcation Agreement to be ratified in the Kosovo parliament, said political analyst from Kosovo Azem Vlasi, CdM reports.
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John McCain, United States Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, talked to European Western Balkans about the importance of the accession of Montenegro and the Russian influence in the region. Asked about his opinion about the importance of the accession of Montenegro into NATO despite its small size and an army of less than 2000 soldiers, senator McCain talked about his meeting with General Scapariotti, the Head of the United States European Command on Thursday.
Veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army in Peja, are protesting in Rugova against the manner of the demarcation of the border with Montenegro. They said that the recently established Commission has put the signs two days ago. “We have always defended these mountains by shedding blood and if required, we would do the same again,” said the head of the Association of Peja Veternas, Gazmend Syla.
Montengro’s Foreign Minister, Srdjan Darmanović, said during his visit to Tirana that his country is in good relations with Kosovo. Speaking about demarcation, he said that this matter does not represent a problem for Montenegro, and that it is an internal problem of Kosovo. “This matter belongs to the political forces in Kosovo to resolve. It is their internal problem,” he said.
The political settlement in the former Yugoslavia is unraveling. In Bosnia, the weakest state in the region, both Serbs and Croats are mounting a concerted challenge to the Dayton peace accords, the delicate set of compromises that hold the country together. In Macedonia, political figures from the large Albanian minority are calling for the federalization of the state along ethnic lines. In Kosovo, the Serb minority is insisting on the creation of a network of self-governing enclaves with effective independence from the central government.
Officials say the prime ministers of Kosovo and Montenegro have met for talks on bilateral and regional issues.
A statement said Kosovo Premier Isa Mustafa and recently-elected Montenegrin counterpart Dusko Markovic met Sunday in Shkoder, 120 kilometers (80 miles) north of Albania's capital, Tirana, and close to the Montenegrin border. They talked about "intensifying especially economic cooperation."
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has expressed doubts about the merits of the charges of terrorism against Bratislav Dikić and others arrested in Montenegro.
Given the other intelligence data collected by the Serbian services that he had at his disposal, Prime Minister says he does not believe in it, personally.
"We," he said, "still do not have any information; we have certain information obtained by our intelligence agencies."
Citing unnamed sources, the news website reports that six Serbs from Mitrovica North are among the group of 20 people arrested on Saturday in Podgorica, Montenegro, on charges of having planned to carry out terror attacks on election day and kidnapping Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic. Source said that Stefan Velimirovic (1991), Bojan Kovacevic (1976), Vladimir Bozovic (1995), Goran Kovacevic (1999), Luka Djordjevic (1998) from Mitrovica, and Nikola Djordjevic (1995) from Zubin Potok, are among those arrested.
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi said that normalization of the relations between Serbs and Albanians does not pass from Belgrade to Tirana, but through Pristina to the other territories.