Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, the Old Royal Capital of Cetinje, and the UN System in Montenegro will jointly mark the 67th anniversary of the UN on Cetinje on Wednesday, 24 October 2012, by opening the United Nations Park at 12 o'clock (Grahovska Street, in front of the "Vojni stan" building) and hosting a Reception Ceremony at 13 o'clock ("Vladin dom" building). The reception hosts are Nebojša Kaluđerović, Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Rastislav Vrbensky, the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative to Montenegro, and Aleksandar Bogdanović, the Mayor of Cetinje. The reception will be attended by representatives of Montenegro's political, economic, cultural, and civil institutions and the media, as well as diplomatic representatives in Montenegro.

For recording the events, please ask for accreditation at the Ministry's phone number 482-790.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nebojša Kaluđerović hosted today in Podgorica the Secretary General of the Central European Initiative (CEI), Ambassador Gerhard Pfanzelter, who is on his official visit to Montenegro for the purposes of attending the SEE Media Forum (SEEMF) taking place in Budva.

Resident representatives of Montenegro and the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations in New York, ambassadors Milorad Šćepanović and Delano Frank Bart, signed on 19 October 2012 the Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the two countries at the ambassadorial level. A possible cooperation was discussed in the areas of shared interest, such as tourism and agriculture. The Ambassadors noted the importance of a closer cooperation of small states at the multilateral level, especially within the UN, in the light of a need of response to global challenges.

State Secretary for European Integration Ambassador Aleksandar Andrija Pejović chaired today in Podgorica the session of the Commission for European Integration today in Podgorica, which hosted the representatives of the EU Delegation in Podgorica.

This is the second session of the Commission for European Integration, which was founded by the Government's decision of 17 May 2012 as an expert body tasked for hotizontal coordination that discusses and gives proposals and opinions on all the documents and activities related to the process of Montenegro's accession to the European Union.

The meeting will be launched by Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce and Head of the Working Group for Chapter 3 Pavle Radovanović, and adviser at the Directorate for Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Turkey, and Iceland at the Directorate General for Enlargement Marta Garcia-Fidalgo.

State Secretary for European Integration and Chief Negotiator Ambassador Aleksandar Andrija Pejovic officially visited Germany on 17 and 18 October 2012, where he had a number of meetings with state officials in charge of EU affairs.

Ambassador Pejovic spoke with State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office Emily Haber. She reiterated Germany's support to Montenegro's integration process and concrete assistance was offered in the form of deploying experts from the German Foreign Office who would contribute with their knowledge and expertise to the work of Montenegro's negotiation team.

Memorandum between the Government of Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of Italy on the succession of bilateral agreements concluded before the Declaration of Independence of Montenegro on 3 June 2006 was signed today in Podgorica, thus completing the body of bilateral agreements between the two countries.

At the sidelines of the international conference entitled "From Balkan Wars to Balkan Peace", held today in Istanbul, Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nebojša Kaluđerović met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu.

The ministers made a high assessment of the overall bilateral cooperation, underlining readiness for its further development, particularly in the area of economy. They noted the positive role both countries are playing at the regional level, stressing the importance of a strengthened cooperation in the Balkans for the European and Euro-Atlantic integration processes.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nebojša Kaluđerović participated today in Istanbul at the international conference entitled "From Balkan Wars to Balkan Peace", at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu.

The meeting was also attended by foreign ministers of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia.