The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro issued a demarche to Moscow over detention and deportation of DPS MP Miodrag Vukovic.
“On the occasion of last night’s detention of MP Miodrag Vukovic at the Domodedovo airport in Moscow, Russian Ambassador to Montenegro Sergei Nikolayevich Gritsay has been summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where acting director general for bilateral affairs Ivan Lekovic and acting director general for consular affairs Selim Lika handed him the demarche. On that occasion, they pointed to the inappropriate conduct of the competent Russian authorities during the unjustified detention of Vukovic. The relevant Russian authorities then failed to provide basic conditions, particularly having in mind his deteriorated health condition,” the ministry told CdM.
The ministry also emphasised inappropriate treatment of diplomatic representative of the Montenegrin Embassy in the Russian Federation.
“Initially, the representative was not allowed to communicate with the Montenegrin MP. After insisting and urging the competent authorities at the airport, she was able to meet with Vukovic and provide the necessary help to him. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects establishing the true facts and reasons related to the event, bearing in mind that on this occasion, basic rules of international law and rules of good diplomatic communication were violated,” the ministry stated.
In a brief statement to CdM, Vukovic said he was “very tired and exhausted because he had not slept and that he would comment on the situation after a night of sleep”.
