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Journalist and political analyst Bosko Jaksic says the Montenegrin authorities’ decision to expel Montenegrin Ambassador Vladimir Bozovic “seems hasty and vindictive”, despite the fact that “Bozovic had to know that in his assessments of the Podgorica Assembly he was moving in a minefield. ” Jaksic does not believe that this is an introduction to new conflicts between the two parties and hopes that the new Montenegrin government of Prime Minister-designate Zdravko Krivokapic will reverse that decision, but he believes that such situations leave traces and damage to Serbia and Montenegro on their way to the EU.
Ambassador Bozovic was declared “persona non grata” in Montenegro and expelled after declaring that the Assembly of Podgorica (late November 1918), through which Montenegro lost its sovereignty and joined the Kingdom of Serbia, and King Nikola Petrovic Njegos he was dethroned, “liberation” and “free will” of the Montenegrin people. On November 29, 2018, the Parliament of Montenegro annulled the decisions of the Parliament of Podgorica, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro assessed in a statement on the latest events that Božović humiliated the highest legislative and representative body and the country that showed him diplomatic hospitality.
Serbia responded first with a reciprocal measure, declaring the Montenegrin ambassador in Belgrade Tarzan Milosevic as “persona non grata”, but after an emergency meeting between President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic, withdrew the decision.
“When the highest legislative body of Montenegro reversed the decisions of the Podgorica Assembly two years ago, Milo Đukanović said that that assembly was a great betrayal of Montenegro and that all who invoke it celebrate the betrayal and ruin of Montenegro. And then Božović fell for To say otherwise, he may have been instructed, and he may not, that it was a free expression of the will of the people to unite with fraternal Serbia, as he humiliated the Montenegrin parliament with that statement … it is clear that he was assessed as a ‘persona’. non grata ‘and ordered to leave Podgorica, “explains Jaksic.
“Ambassador Bozovic, a Niksic native, a policeman by vocation and a diplomat by negligence, I would say, had to know that in the Podgorica Assembly evaluations he was moving through a minefield and had to know what the request that Serbia meant intervene in the elaboration of a new government that Prime Minister-designate Krivokapic will present on December 2, “Jaksic said in Novi Dan on TV N1.
“The ambassador’s words are, on the one hand, a combination of calculated support for the pro-Serbian forces in Montenegro, which together with the Serbian Orthodox Church overthrew the decades-long government of Milo Djukanovic, and on the other hand, a complete lack of diplomatic tact, “said Jaksic. he can’t say everything he thinks, “evaluating that Božović” is obviously not used to diplomatic skills. “
“At the same time, the expulsion decision, taken by the outgoing Montenegrin government (Djukanovic), seems hasty and vindictive to me. Why? For the new government to put hot potatoes and face a worsening of the situation from the beginning, given that “Relations between Serbia and Montenegro are delicate. That’s why I call this decision vengeful, “Jaksic said.
However, he believes that these types of statements are not for the expulsion of diplomats, that is, that this measure is “used in much more serious conflict situations.”
Vučić took advantage of the situation to become a peacemaker
However, Jaksic notes, “If we see the result, why did Vucic, with a touch of drama, schedule an emergency meeting on relations in the region with the prime minister and the chancellor, only to find that Brnabic and Selakovic later They said they obeyed the president and withdrew “decision on Montenegrin ambassador.”
“Vučić used the situation to become a peacemaker, got a diplomatic point and was praised by European Commissioner (for enlargement Oliver) Varhelji. We can assume that this is a situation built to receive that praise,” Jaksic said.
When asked if and where everything was planned, he said “it is very possible that it was planned in Belgrade.”
He points out that the ambassador and his ministry should know that such assessments by the Podgorica Assembly are “irritating” to the current Podgorica government, “but they are always irritating because Montenegrin society is divided.”
“It is not Bozovic’s job to assess the quality and historical achievements of something that happened a century ago. The government that does not want to get into conflict advises its diplomatic representative to stay away from that,” says Jaksic.
“Considering what has been said about that, it shows that both parties want to impose their own interpretation of the events of the story,” believes Jaksic.
“I don’t think this is an introduction to new conflicts.”
He adds, however, that “he does not think this is an introduction to new conflicts.”
“This is an episode that will pass, the new Krivokapic government is expected to repeal the decision, but all these situations leave traces and damage in Montenegro and Serbia, on the way to the EU,” says Jaksic.
“If we speak phraseologically of two eyes in one head, and we have the situation that Vučić never made an official visit to Montenegro, the funeral of Metropolitan Amfilohije was not an official visit, that speaks enough about how bad these relationships are, and they deserve to be. And I think it is of great interest to both Belgrade and Podgorica, but much less to politicians than to ordinary people in Serbia-Montenegro, “said Jaksic.
Too much history per capita in the Balkans
When asked how he interprets the tendencies in Montenegro and North Macedonia to deny the Yugoslav past and anti-fascism, he said that this is something new in Montenegro. “Only Prime Minister-designate Krivokapic said that the celebration of anti-fascist parties should be abandoned. During all these decades, anti-fascism has been greatly nurtured and in Montenegro it is perhaps the most present of all the countries in the region.”
As for Macedonia today, he notes that it owes a lot to the former Yugoslavia, stating that there is a high level of Yugoslav nostalgia in that country, but that now, due to the conflict with Bulgaria, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is “surprisingly ready to some commitments that I think are detrimental to Macedonia. ” , their sovereignty. It was created during the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and there is no reason for Macedonia to take the lead in the resignation of Josip Broz Tito. “
“The bad fate of the Balkans, which has too much history per capita, is confirmed again, instead of leaving history to historians,” concludes Jaksic.
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