Montenegrin MFA announced last night that it decisively rejects the assessments of the head of Serbian diplomacy, Nikola Selaković, on Serbs being endangered.
Montenegrin MFA announced last night that it decisively rejects the assessments of the head of Serbian diplomacy, Nikola Selaković, on Serbs being endangered.
Source: Tanjug
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The Montenegrin ministry claims that official Belgrade "probably contrary to the wishes of its citizens" often deals with the Government of Montenegro and its citizens, instead of facing domestic and international challenges.
The Ministry called on Selakovic, in direct communication with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Djordje Radulovic, to raise "all issues of common interest, doubts and disagreements, as well as, as he stated, befits neighboring countries and serious state officials", which include responsibility and work in in the interest of our peoples, the CDM reports.
"It is incomprehensible that officials constantly want to talk about the 'legitimate right' to take care of 30% of our citizens, presenting Serbia as the home country of the Serbian people. In this context, the only correct thing would be to understand that all the citizens of Montenegro who declared themselves Serbs, should be regarded as loyal and respected citizens and that their only motherland can be Montenegro", the ministry states.
The ministry estimates that any other approach is unacceptable and carries a touch of questionable political ethics.
"This means that all our citizens who feel like Serbs have no other state or motherland, except the state of all of us - Montenegro. Its government and institutions are the only address for them. Our state does not want to give up a single person, and let alone 30 percent of Serbs who present the indispensable foundation of our state", they said in a statement.
The statement estimates that the reference to, as they say, historical "facts", such as the statement that "Montenegro is a toponym that has existed since the 14th century, which carries an admixture of pejorative and offensive attitude, and the interpretation of decisions of the sovereign state of Montenegro in the media, is not a measure of good neighborly policy and negotiation skills, which they see as a duty and obligation that accompanies the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs.
They also remind that the head of Montenegrin diplomacy sent an invitation to Selaković to visit Montenegro at the very beginning of his mandate, which, in their opinion, is a clear signal of readiness for dialogue and finding solutions to certain bilateral issues, as well as the will to find points that connect us, not separate us.
They also claim that Montenegro is a civil and multiethnic state, which is committed to building a civil society, as well as respecting and preserving the specifics of members of different nations, religions and cultures. Earlier yesterday, Selaković, commenting for TV Prva the accusations of Montenegrin President Milo Djukanović that Serbia did not accept the independence of Montenegro, said that this was not true and asked what was the attitude of the state of Montenegro towards the Serbs in that country.
"Have you ever had a concern that was in favor of these people? No, you had something completely different. You had one legal imposition of the Montenegrin language in place of the Serbian language, although the overwhelming majority of Montenegrin citizens declared themselves to speak Serbian at every census. You had an attempt to annul everything that is Serbian", Selakovic said.
He also emphasized that the programs from which children in Montenegro learn claim that Saints Sava and Stefan Nemanja allegedly forced Montenegrins to convert to Orthodoxy, although, as he stated, "the toponym Montenegro appears only at the end of the 14th century."
Selaković emphasized that it is in the legitimate interest of Serbia to protect its identity, along with the right to that identity to members of the Serbian people in Montenegro. "And we legitimately ask and demand from the state of Montenegro that these rights be respected, as we respect them towards those who say that they are Montenegrins and live in Serbia," Selaković said.
Savantini, if you don't know our history, don't talk!
Montenegrins are Serbs. They are not named after some rocks. The anti-Serbs want to recreate another history and continue feeding lies to people with corrupt politicians. I'll start with Milo Djukanovic.
(Treehouse, 25 July 2021 16:42)
Serbs want what belongs to them and nothing else. They don’t make any claims on Albania or Italy, Spain Slovenia or Macedonia etc or any other place. So what is the problem? It’s because Serbs will not bend to western will; that is the problem.
“Could everyone else be wrong and Serbia always right”
Who is everyone else? You mean the west? Yeah, it’s the US and the others such as EU UK etc who follow the US like sheep. That does not make them right and Serbia wrong.
The Serbian government did not bamboozle its people. Serbians see who are their friend and enemies. I wish we in Australia had a government similar to Belgrade who look after its people’s interest instead we have first class idiots who the US pushes under a bus so China bans Australian coal, wine, beef etc while the US then turns around and exports same to Beijing.
(sj, 20 July 2021 14:19)
Why hasn’t it occurred to Serbia why it has so many grievances with many neighbor countries as well as other European and Western ones. Could everyone else be wrong and Serbia always right. It is, from where I stand, quite obvious that one country can always be right in international diplomacy yet every other country be wrong. How can a government manage to bamboozle its citizens without having any dissent. These are questions the Serb people must seriously ponder.
(Savantini, 20 July 2021 03:55)
I've always known it as the Serbo-Croat language which was/is still used in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro.
Was that not the "official" language?
Why Bosnians or Montenegrins get upset is beyond me. After all the Americans dont get upset that they speak English and not American.
Same for Australia. Do they speak Australian? No, they speak English.
Same for New Zealand, most of Canada and other areas.
Small minded nationalists in Sarajevo and Podgorica if you ask me.
(Languages & Nationalism, 19 July 2021 17:02)
There is just one language in Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia with some difference in dialects that are smaller than between regions in England, Germany, USA, Russia,...
When people from different regions talk they say "our language" as Yugoslavian for the language was hardly used except in the diaspora and calling it Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrinian or Serbian is often taken by others as offend. Even to call it Serbo-Croatian excludes region where the language is spoken.
(Tito reloaded, 19 July 2021 12:07)
I've always known it as the Serbo-Croat language which was/is still used in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro.
Was that not the "official" language?
Why Bosnians or Montenegrins get upset is beyond me. After all the Americans dont get upset that they speak English and not American.
Same for Australia. Do they speak Australian? No, they speak English.
Same for New Zealand, most of Canada and other areas.
Small minded nationalists in Sarajevo and Podgorica if you ask me.
(Languages & Nationalism, 19 July 2021 17:02)
Serbs want what belongs to them and nothing else. They don’t make any claims on Albania or Italy, Spain Slovenia or Macedonia etc or any other place. So what is the problem? It’s because Serbs will not bend to western will; that is the problem.
“Could everyone else be wrong and Serbia always right”
Who is everyone else? You mean the west? Yeah, it’s the US and the others such as EU UK etc who follow the US like sheep. That does not make them right and Serbia wrong.
The Serbian government did not bamboozle its people. Serbians see who are their friend and enemies. I wish we in Australia had a government similar to Belgrade who look after its people’s interest instead we have first class idiots who the US pushes under a bus so China bans Australian coal, wine, beef etc while the US then turns around and exports same to Beijing.
(sj, 20 July 2021 14:19)
There is just one language in Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia with some difference in dialects that are smaller than between regions in England, Germany, USA, Russia,...
When people from different regions talk they say "our language" as Yugoslavian for the language was hardly used except in the diaspora and calling it Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrinian or Serbian is often taken by others as offend. Even to call it Serbo-Croatian excludes region where the language is spoken.
(Tito reloaded, 19 July 2021 12:07)
Why hasn’t it occurred to Serbia why it has so many grievances with many neighbor countries as well as other European and Western ones. Could everyone else be wrong and Serbia always right. It is, from where I stand, quite obvious that one country can always be right in international diplomacy yet every other country be wrong. How can a government manage to bamboozle its citizens without having any dissent. These are questions the Serb people must seriously ponder.
(Savantini, 20 July 2021 03:55)
Savantini, if you don't know our history, don't talk!
Montenegrins are Serbs. They are not named after some rocks. The anti-Serbs want to recreate another history and continue feeding lies to people with corrupt politicians. I'll start with Milo Djukanovic.
(Treehouse, 25 July 2021 16:42)
Why hasn’t it occurred to Serbia why it has so many grievances with many neighbor countries as well as other European and Western ones. Could everyone else be wrong and Serbia always right. It is, from where I stand, quite obvious that one country can always be right in international diplomacy yet every other country be wrong. How can a government manage to bamboozle its citizens without having any dissent. These are questions the Serb people must seriously ponder.
(Savantini, 20 July 2021 03:55)
There is just one language in Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia with some difference in dialects that are smaller than between regions in England, Germany, USA, Russia,...
When people from different regions talk they say "our language" as Yugoslavian for the language was hardly used except in the diaspora and calling it Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrinian or Serbian is often taken by others as offend. Even to call it Serbo-Croatian excludes region where the language is spoken.
(Tito reloaded, 19 July 2021 12:07)
Savantini, if you don't know our history, don't talk!
Montenegrins are Serbs. They are not named after some rocks. The anti-Serbs want to recreate another history and continue feeding lies to people with corrupt politicians. I'll start with Milo Djukanovic.
(Treehouse, 25 July 2021 16:42)
Serbs want what belongs to them and nothing else. They don’t make any claims on Albania or Italy, Spain Slovenia or Macedonia etc or any other place. So what is the problem? It’s because Serbs will not bend to western will; that is the problem.
“Could everyone else be wrong and Serbia always right”
Who is everyone else? You mean the west? Yeah, it’s the US and the others such as EU UK etc who follow the US like sheep. That does not make them right and Serbia wrong.
The Serbian government did not bamboozle its people. Serbians see who are their friend and enemies. I wish we in Australia had a government similar to Belgrade who look after its people’s interest instead we have first class idiots who the US pushes under a bus so China bans Australian coal, wine, beef etc while the US then turns around and exports same to Beijing.
(sj, 20 July 2021 14:19)
I've always known it as the Serbo-Croat language which was/is still used in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro.
Was that not the "official" language?
Why Bosnians or Montenegrins get upset is beyond me. After all the Americans dont get upset that they speak English and not American.
Same for Australia. Do they speak Australian? No, they speak English.
Same for New Zealand, most of Canada and other areas.
Small minded nationalists in Sarajevo and Podgorica if you ask me.
(Languages & Nationalism, 19 July 2021 17:02)