8 hours agoMail in Podgorica: Montenegro could become EU member by 2028
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(a year ago)European Council President Antonio Costa has said in Podgorica on Wednesday that European Union enlargement is strategic and key investment for stability, peace and prosperity, and that Montenegro could become a member of the bloc by 2028. Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic said Costa is visiting [...]
Montenegro's President Jakov Milatovic said Costa is visiting the Balkan country at a crucial time for Podgorica's intentions to become part of the EU.
Your password confirms that Montenegro's European perspective remains high in the EU agenda. In these challenging times, the policy of enlargement can be crucial. We can be the light at the end of the tunnel and confirm that the enlargement process is alive”, Milatovic said, following Periscope.
Montenegro, as he stated, wants to be an example of a successful European story.
Montenegro began membership talks in June 2012, and has since opened all negotiation chapters and provisionally closed three. After several years of impasse, this country resumed negotiations last June and is now working towards closing them.
Costa described Montenegro's progress on its path to the EU as “result”.
“Slogani naught28 until 2028 was excellent, but it would be better if it was achieved earlier”, he said, adding that Montenegro “could become the 28th member and a leader in the region's European integration”.
He stressed the importance of good neighbourly relations, especially with countries that are already EU members.
Asked about the concerns of several European institutions regarding Montenegro's agreement with the United Arab Emirates, he replied that such agreements should be in line with EU laws.
“either way in the areas of public procurement and environmental protection”, he said.
Montenegro's Assembly approved weeks ago with accelerated procedure laws ratifying the Agreement for Economic Co-operation and the Agreement for Co-operation in the field of tourism and development of real estate with the United Arab Emirates.
However, Milatovic has returned the Assembly to reevaluate one of these two agreements to the one who made way to rent Big Beach in Ulcinj.
Under that agreement, Montenegro would rent the Great Beach for 99 years to Arab businessman Mohammed Alabbari's Emmar Company, which would build a megaturistic complex in Ulcinj. /REL/
