Belgrade hearing session due to Kosovo vote

The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers supported the submission of a vote motion to its Parliamentary Assembly on 24 April, which Montenegro's representative also voted for. Out of 46 countries as long as the Council of Europe does, 33 voted for.

Abazovic's hearing, which also holds the post of Foreign Affairs Minister, was supported by MPs from the pro-rus Democratic Front (DF), those of the pro-Serbian Socialist People's Party (SNP) and Democrats, with the suggestion of Commission Chairman Miodrag Lekiq.

“Explain the method with which Kosovo is set to be supported as a member of the Council of Europe. This issue is controversial. The decision has been taken too easily when important negotiations are under way between Belgrade and Pristina”, Lekiq said at the Commission meeting.

He claims the opening of this “issue does not represent an anti-Albanian policy”.

The Democratic Front announced earlier that the decision to accept Kosovo's application for membership in the Council of Europe presents an opportunity to begin collecting signatures in the churches and monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church for attracting Montenegro's decision to recognise Kosovo.

During his recent visit to Kosovo, Abazovic stressed that Montenegro will support Kosovo's integration into all international and regional organisations.

The official Podgorica recognised Kosovo as an independent state in 2008, during the rule of Milo Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which was replaced in August 2020 after three decades in power.