Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Roćen will depart tomorrow to Krakow where he will attend the high level ministerial meeting under the title “Agenda of the global democracy,” on the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Radosław Sikorski.

Head of the permanent mission of Montenegro to the EU, Ambassador Aleksandar Andrija Pejović, handed his credentials today to the President of the EC, José Manuel Barroso. During the conversation, Ambassador Pejović explained the results Montenegro achieved in the four years after renewing independence. He emphasised Montenegro’s activities in the context of the EC Avis preparation and underlined the fact that Montenegro has become an associated member of the EU with the Stabilisation and Association Agreement entering into force on May 1, 2010 when Montenegro entered a more demanding phase in the process of European integrations.

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro was informed on behalf of the Embassy of Israel that the Government of Israel ended a legal procedure regarding the entry into force of the Agreement between the Government of Montenegro and the Government of Israel on the abolition of visas for owners of diplomatic, official and regular passports.

In accordance with the propositions of the Agreement, citizens of Montenegro will, starting from September 28, 2010, be able to travel to Israel without a visa and stay up to 90 days.

(Podgorica, June 30) At the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the joint address to the media of the Ambassador of Germany and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom in which they condemned the attack on the two boys at the playground in Zagorič, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vesko Garčević had a conversation with the Ambassador of Germany, Peter Plate, and the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the United Kingdom, Lian Stevens.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Roćen received today the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia, Jernej Videtič, from whom he received the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Samuel Žbogar to attend the Bled Strategic Forum which will take place on August 29 and 30, 2010.

Permanent representatives of Montenegro and the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations in New York, Ambassador Milorad Šćepanović and Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe, signed on June 29, 2010 the Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations at the ambassadorial level between the two countries.

If necessary, Ministry will give instructions to the Ambassadors in Berlin and London to communicate with the respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs at the appropriate level.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Milan Roćen will receive tomorrow, June 30, 2010 the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia, Jernej Videtič

The meeting will take place in the Cabinet of the Minister at 1 pm.