Minister Roćen evaluated the bilateral cooperation between the two countries as very good and emphasised that the Roadmap for strengthening of Franco-Montenegrin relations, signed in Paris at the end of last year, has clearly defined the directions of bilateral relations and cooperation in the process of approximating to the EU and NATO. Roćen said that Montenegro highly appreciates the readiness of France to be a co-sponsor of European and Euro-Atlantic paths of Montenegro. He stated expectation that France will continue to provide active support to the enlargement policy and the progress of Montenegro and all countries of the region in that direction.

Ambassador Gazuy said that France strongly supports Montenegro and she emphasised that Montenegro is the only country of te Region with which France has signed a Roadmap. At the same time she conveyed the interest in intensifying of the economic ties and indentifying of the concrete modalities of cooperation, especially in the areas of tourism and infrastructure. Gazuy also said that Montenegro has achieved a great success in realisation of its strategic goals and she conveyed expectation that Montenegro will receive the status of a candidate by the end of the year.

The collocutors agreed that the forthcoming visit of the French Minister for Migration Eric Besson to Montenegro, together with the activities the two countries are undertaking on the implementation of the Agreement on the Mobility of the Youth aimed at funding of the exchange of young experts in various areas, will contribute to the strengthening of the relations between the two countries.