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A diplomatic crisis broke out in relations between Montenegro and Serbia due to historical events dating back to 1918. The outgoing Montenegrin government expelled the Serbian ambassador in Podgorica, Vladimir Bozovic, accusing him of meddling in internal affairs.
The reason for this reaction was public criticism of Bozovic in the declaration voted in 2018 by the Parliament of Montenegro, annulling the decision of the National Assembly of Montenegro in 1918 to join the Kingdom of Serbs and Croats. and Slovenians, which was later renamed Yugoslavia.
The Serbian ambassador described the 1918 decision as an “expression of the free will of the people”, while for the outgoing political leadership of Montenegro it was “an act of subordination unleashed by pressure and fraudulent means”.
The Serbian government responded immediately by overthrowing the Montenegrin ambassador in Belgrade, Tarzan Milosevic, and giving him 72 hours to leave the country.
The Serbian ambassador yesterday described as “liberation” the decision of the National Assembly of 1918, according to which Montenegro would join Serbia and thus join the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, losing its independence.
“It was the free expression of the will of the people to unite with Sister Serbia,” said the Serbian ambassador during the event. Symbolically, the Montenegrin deputies adopted in 2018 a decision that annuls the decisions of the National Assembly of 1918.
Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia in 2006, but tensions over national identity persist in the Balkan country.
According to the 2011 census, about 30% of the 620,000 inhabitants of Montenegro are Serbs. Some of them had spoken out against the will of the president to ratify the national identity of Montenegro.
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