Four Albanians Foreign Ministers in the Balkans, Abazovic towards top diplomat position

Albanian foreign ministers in the Balkan states are currently three: Gent Cakaj in Albania, Melisa Haradinaj- Stublla in Kosovo and Bujar Osmani in northern Macedonia.

The news is made known by “Novosti”, which has revealed details concerning the formation of the government to be led by Zdravko Krivokapic, INA.

According to Montenegrin media, Abazovic has played a crucial role in forming this government and eliminating Milo Djukanovic's current powers.

Abazovic has also been defining in the new government's programme and tasks, keeping Kosovo focused and its non-recognition in sight, NATO, as well as travel in the EU.

Asked about the possibility that Montenegro will withdraw recognition of Kosovo's independence, he said, of course, we will oppose it, and I think that this question will not even be put into order by day, since it is a matter carried out, it should not be returned to the past.

He even says “expect Belgrade and Pristina to find common languages in the near future and agree in order to reduce tensions and enable the reconciliation process. Peace has no price. ”

Everybody here wants peace. They'll try to cause incidents in every way. Montenegro in the European Union, to have better reconciliation and standard living than it is now. I'm sure that dream can be true” In addition to Albania and Kosovo's two foreign ministers, and the election of Bujar Osman for foreign minister in northern Macedonia, Dritan Abazovic will be the fourth Albanian in the region to hold the post of state diplomacy chief.

But who is Albanian Dritan Abazovic, in whose hands is Montenegro's future?

He was born in 1985 in Ulcinj into an Albanian family. After finishing primary and high school in Ulcinj, Abazovic graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Sarajevo University. But in Sarajevo, he finished his doctorate in 2019 at the Faculty of Political Sciences, INA.

In 2011 he lived in the United States and attended the Washington D.C. State Department program.

From 2010 to 2012, he was Executive Director of TV Teuta (Ulcin, Montenegro). From 2010 to 2012, he was Executive Director of the Mogul NGO in Ulcinj.

In 2010, he published his first book “Cosmopolitan Cultura and global justice”. Since 2010, he has been working as a high school teacher in Ulcinj, teaching culture sociologist, communication and religion history.

He speaks fluent Montenegrin, English and Albanian. In 2017, he signed the Declaration for the Common Language of Montenegrins, Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks.

How did it become part of politics in Montenegro?
Abazovic was one of the founders of the political party, Montenegro, in 2012.

In Montenegro's 2012 parliamentary elections, the party won 7 out of 81 seats, making Abbasovic the youngest member of Montenegro's Parliament.

In 2014, following a split in the party, Abazovic left Montenegro, serving as an independent MP before joining the 2015 United Reform Action (URA).

He is currently president of The URA and one of its two parliamentary representatives.