Statehood Day marked in Belgrade: Relations between Montenegro and Serbia have never been better

Addressing to the guests at the reception in the “Hyatt” Hotel in Belgrade, Mr Micunovic said that Serbia and Montenegro respected each other and the traditional friendly relations between the nations, Serbian media carried.

“We express our concern and willingness for a common future of the region, in which we invest our friendly relations, since we show mutual interest for international support in the process of joining the EU. We are pleased to say that there are no open questions between our countries nowadays, and we are leaving such relations to the new generations,” Micunovic said.

He added that Montenegro marked one of the biggest events in its history – the day of uprising of Montenegrin people against the fascist occupiers and the historical tendency for gaining the state and freedom.

“We celebrate this great holiday in libertarian Belgrade, in friendly Serbia, which is very well aware what the fight for the freedom is. Therefore it easier for us to understand and appreciate each other,” Mr Micunovic said.

As he said, on July 13^th 1941, the Montenegrin nation began nationwide upraising against the invaders and about 30,000 people participated in it, which, as he stressed, makes Montenegrin July 13^th uprising the largest organised nationwide uprising in the occupied Europe.

Micunovic added that the struggle of Serbia and Montenegro to establish states and get them officially recognised was ended on July 13^th 1878 at the Berlin Congress. Then, both the countries received confirmation of their international and national sovereignty from the great European powers.

The reception in the hotel “Hyatt” was attended by the President of the Parliament of Serbia, Maja Gojkovic, Serbian Patriarch Irinej, Serbian ministers Nebojsa Stefanovic, Nikola Selakovic, Aleksandar Antic, Ivan Tasovac, Advisor to the President of Serbia, Oliver Antic, numerous representatives of the diplomatic corps and public life.

Montenegro celebrates Statehood Day, to commemorate the July 13^th 1878, when the Berlin Congress recognised it as an independent state, and the same date in 1941 when a general uprising against fascism started in Montenegro.