The Montenegrin MARRI (Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative) Presidency-in-Office wishes to recruit for a three-year mandate an experienced person to serve as Director of the MARRI Regional Centre in Skopje, to start in August 2010 (see attached Terms of References for the post of the Director of the MARRI Regional Centre). The post is offered to the MARRI Member States (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) on a secondment basis. The respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs of MARRI Member States are encouraged to post this MARRI vacancy on their official websites.

The vacancy is open from 25 January 2010 until 5 March 2010.

MARRI VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT ( download PDF document )

H.E. MR. MILAN ROĆEN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN OF MONTENEGRO:
Excellency,

Minister Roćen said the cooperation with the European Parliament, as well as with other EU institutions, was of the immense importance for Montenegro and its further progress towards the EU, especially with regard to its efforts for strengthening democratic capacities, institutions and administration.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Roćen met today with the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey Emina Birgen Kesoglu. Minister Roćen congratulated Kesoglu on her recent appointment as Ambassador of Turkey to Montenegro and expressed his appreciation for dynamic bilateral and multilateral cooperation and intensive political contacts between the two countries. He particularly stressed the importance of the forthcoming visit of the President Abdullah Gul, with a delegation of Turkish businessmen, which would reaffirm the upward trend in the relations between Montenegro and Turkey, and give a strong impetus to further cooperation, particularly in the sphere of economy...

H.E. MR. MILAN ROĆEN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN OF MONTENEGRO: ''I would like to thank our host Greece for their warm hospitality and express appreciation for their successful efforts in chairing the Organization. We hope that the second Ministerial meeting in the course of this year will further contribute to strengthening of common views and make our Organization stronger. Montenegro wishes to give its contribution to this goal...''

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Roćen met today with the Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal Luis de Almeida Sampaio, and a delegation of Portuguese businessmen. Ambassador Sampaio commended Montenegrin Government for its progress in implementing reforms and European and Euro-Atlantic goals, which, he said, Portugal fully supported...

Rasmussen commended Montenegro for its progress and results in fulfilling obligations in the process of Euro-Atlantic integrations, as well as for reforms achieved on its path toward NATO membership. Reaffirming the importance of regional cooperation, he pointed out Montenegro’s role in strengthening the stability of the region. Rasmussen said NATO had already had an important role in the region, and emphasized that the European and Euro-Atlantic perspective of the Western Balkan was certain, which was the best guarantee of the stability of Europe...

During a lengthy, open talk Roćen and Maurer discussed the process of answering the EC Questionnaire, which is at its final stage. They also talked about the implementation of solutions for the issue of refugees and IDPs, in a run up to the visa liberalization for Montenegrin citizens. Ambassador Maurer said it was likely that the Council of Ministers would positively decide on visa liberalization at its session on December 30...

Ministar Roćen pointed out the significance of UNICEF’s presence in Montenegro for the advancement of social politics and the protection of children’s rights, and said he was particularly pleased that the visit coincided with the marking of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Right of the Child. Roćen and Allen agreed that Montenegro and UNICEF had excellent cooperation, and reminded of intensive mutual relations even before Montenegro’s independence...