Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Roćen met today with Giorgi Baramidze, Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integrations of Georgia.

Baramidze conveyed greetings of the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze, as well as the invitation to minister Roćen to visit Georgia, and informed about Tbilisi’s intention to appoint a nonresident Ambassador to Montenegro...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Roćen met today with the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba Julio Cesar Cancio Ferera.Minister Rocen thanked Ambassador Ferera for his personal contribution to the revitalization of traditionally friendly Montenegrin-Cuban relations. They expressed satisfaction with the overall bilateral cooperation and pointed out that both sides shared mutual interest for more intensive cooperation in the field of economy, trade, maritime transport, tourism and culture...

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Milorad Šćepanović met today the Deputy Regional Director of the WHO for Europe dr Nata Menabde.Mutual content has been expressed regarding the present cooperation between Montenegro and WHO and there has been indicated the possibility of further support of the WHO in the realization the number of projects regarding improvement of the public health, particularly in the context of fulfilling the European integration standards...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Roćen met today with the ambassador of the Republic of Italy Sergio Barbanti.Ambassador Barbanti congratulated on the Questioner that the European Commission handed over to Montenegro, as well as on the prospect of placing Montenegro on the White Schengen List, and said these were very important steps forward on Monteengro’s path towards the EU. He reiterated that Italy would continue to support Montenegro in this process...

Minister Milan Roćen send a letter to his Croatian colleague Gordan Jandroković expressing his condolences to the families of victims who died in a railroad accident that occurred in the place Rudine, between Zagreb and Split, in which 6 person lost their life.

Bilateral political consultations between the representatives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation were held in Moscow on 23 and 24 July 2009.

Montenegrin delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations Dr Irena Radovic who called on Deputy Foreign Minister of Russian Federation Mr Vladimir Gennadievich Titov and on Deputy Director of the Forth European Department Mr Leonid Gregorievich Abramov...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Rocen met today Ambassador of Ukraine Oksana Sljusarenko.Minister Roćen and Ambassador Sljusarenko discussed the prospects of further development of cooperation between Montenegro and Ukraine in all areas, especially in economy and trade. In that context, they welcomed the forthcoming International economic forum which would to be organized by the Montenegrin Chamber of Commerceo and the company Conference House, in which some 150 companies from Ukraine would take part...

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Milorad Šćepanović met today the Director General of the Directorate for West and Central Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, Mr Rajesh Nandan Prasad, who was accompanied by the Ambassador of India in Montenegro Mr Ajay Swarup...

MILAN ROĆEN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MONTENEGRO (Welcome speech at the opening of the Second Montenegrin Summer School for Young Diplomats ''Gavro Vuković'', Berane, 21. July 2009)
Respected President of the Municipality Berane, Respected Ambassador Avanessov, Respected participants of the Montenegrin Summer School for Young Diplomats, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I wish to extend to you a cordial greeting. Welcome to Berane, welcome to Montenegro. I have the privilege of opening - in this temple of Montenegrin diplomacy, home of its establisher duke Gavro Vuković, long- term minister of foreign affairs of the Principality of Montenegro - the Second Montenegrin School for Young Diplomats that carries his name, for the young diplomats from the region and EU countries...