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Common future of Serbia and Montenegro in the EU
Belgrade,
16 February 2005
During today’s meeting with a delegation of the Movement for a Common European State of Serbia-Montenegro, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica underlined that there are strong historical, cultural and economic ties between Serbia and Montenegro and that their common future lies in the EU.
Kostunica emphasized that the state union is just one step away from receiving a positive Feasibility Study, which certainly represents a strong incentive for preserving the state union of Serbia-Montenegro.
In his expose submitted on March 3, 2004, after the forming of the government, the Serbian Prime Minister said that the preservation of the state union of Serbia-Montenegro was one of the priorities of his government.
Movement representatives conveyed to the Prime Minister the positions of the Declaration, which was adopted at the constitutive assembly of that Movement on February 5 in Belgrade. They underlined that the goals of this declaration were not aimed against anyone, nor are they an attempt to endanger anyone’s rights, rather they are to show that the state cannot be divided without negative consequences to its citizens. They said that all the reasons – including economic, cultural, and geopolitical - favour a common state, and that those most affected by a possible separation would be Montenegrin citizens living in Serbia who would become foreigners and citizens without a state.
Academician Matija Beckovic said that since 1980 there have been 270,000 registered Montenegrin citizens living in Serbia and underlined that they wish to have a right to state their position concerning the existence of the state they live in while not wanting to deprive anyone else of that same right.
In his expose submitted on March 3, 2004, after the forming of the government, the Serbian Prime Minister said that the preservation of the state union of Serbia-Montenegro was one of the priorities of his government.
Movement representatives conveyed to the Prime Minister the positions of the Declaration, which was adopted at the constitutive assembly of that Movement on February 5 in Belgrade. They underlined that the goals of this declaration were not aimed against anyone, nor are they an attempt to endanger anyone’s rights, rather they are to show that the state cannot be divided without negative consequences to its citizens. They said that all the reasons – including economic, cultural, and geopolitical - favour a common state, and that those most affected by a possible separation would be Montenegrin citizens living in Serbia who would become foreigners and citizens without a state.
Academician Matija Beckovic said that since 1980 there have been 270,000 registered Montenegrin citizens living in Serbia and underlined that they wish to have a right to state their position concerning the existence of the state they live in while not wanting to deprive anyone else of that same right.
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