{"id":175,"date":"2020-11-28T18:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T18:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=127826"},"modified":"2020-11-28T18:27:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T18:27:47","slug":"montenegro-declares-serbian-ambassador-persona-non-grata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/11\/28\/montenegro-declares-serbian-ambassador-persona-non-grata\/","title":{"rendered":"Montenegro Declares Serbian Ambassador Persona Non Grata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Montenegro’s outgoing government has declared the ambassador of neighboring Serbia persona non grata and asked him to leave the country, the Foreign Ministry said on November 28.<\/p>\n

The Balkan nation’s Foreign Ministry cited “long and continuous meddling in the internal affairs of Montenegro”<\/a><\/strong> as the reason.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Ministry’s statement said Serbian Ambassador Vladimir Bozovic \u201cdirectly disrespected\u201d Montenegro by describing a 1918 decision to join a Serbia-dominated kingdom as an act \u201cliberation\u201d and \u201cfree will\u201d by the Montenegrin people.<\/p>\n

Montenegro’s parliament declared the century-old decision void in 2018, saying it had stripped Montenegro of its sovereignty.<\/p>\n

The statement said Bozovic\u2019s comments on November 27 were \u201cincompatible with the usual acceptable standards of diplomatic office.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was no immediate reaction from Serbia.<\/p>\n

Montenegro remains deeply divided among those seeking closer ties with traditional allies Serbia and Russia, and those who view Montenegro as an independent state allied with the West.<\/p>\n

Montenegro and Serbia were part of a joint country before an independence referendum in 2006 led to Montenegro splitting off.<\/p>\n

The pro-Western Democratic Party of Socialists was defeated in August after three decade in power by a pro-Serb coalition. The new government is set to be voted into office during a parliament session next week.<\/p>\n

With reporting by AP<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n

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