Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Milorad Šćepanović meet today with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the Article IV of the Annex 1-B of the Dayton Peace Agreement General Constanzo Periotto. The meeting was held in the framework of General Periotto’s regional consultations with the Member States of the Sub-Regional Arms Control Agreement (SRACA) on the initiative for implementation of the regional ownership principle regarding SRACA.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro H.E. mr. Milan Rocen: "Madam Chairperson, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to greet you on behalf of Montenegro, the youngest OSCE participating state and to express pleasure for taking part in the informal Ministerial meeting. We particularly value the opportunity for the voice of small countries as Montenegro to be heard in dialogue on strengthening security and trust in Euro Atlantic area. I would like to thank Greece for organizing this event successfully and for its efforts to define a comprehensive basis for today’s talks..."

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Roćen met today with Dušan Navratilov, Director of Directorate of National Security Office of the Chezh Republic. The meeting was also attended by Ambassador of the Czech Republic Hana Hubačkova...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Roćen met with Miroslav Lajčak, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, who is visiting Montenegro, and is participating at a regional conference on experiences in the field of the Euro-Atlantic integration and the visions of the Western Balkans...

On the margins of the Regional Conference on experiences in Euro-Atlantic integrations and the visions of the Balkans, which was held in Kolašin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Roćen met with Robert Simons, NATO Deputy Assistent Secretary General for Security Cooperation and Partnership...

At the margins of the regional conference on the experiences in Euro-Atlantic integrations and visions of the Western Balkans, which took place in Kolašin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Rocen met with Sven Alkalaj, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Rocen met today with Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

In the open and constructive conversation, Davis congratulated the Government of Montenegro on impressive progress made after regaining the independence, and on enviable results in fulfilling the obligations assumed after becoming the member of the CoE. They mutually emphasize excellent cooperation between Montenegro and the CoE, and the need for its further enhancement, in which the CoE office in Podgorica and the Mission of Montenegro in Strasburg play a special role.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Roćen met today with the delegation of the National Committee of the Chinese People Political Consultative Conference, headed by its vice president Zhang Mejing.

Mejing said that China supported progressive route taken by Montenegrin people, as well as the commitment of the Montenegrin Government to efficiently carry out reforms, strengthen economy and improve living standard of its citizens. She pointed out commendable results that Montenegro achieved since restoring its statehood, and said European future of Montenegro would create new possibilities for intensifying bilateral cooperation of the two countries.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Roćen will depart for Czech Republic today to attend an informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the EU countries (Gimnih) in Hluboka on Vltava on March 28, 2009

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Milan Roćen received special delegate of the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE for South-Eastern Europe Robert Battelli, also a Head of the Mission of the PA OSCE...