17 March, the Montenegrin government meeting was supposed to adopt sanctions against Russiabecause of Ukraine, however itwas interrupted.
The Government of Montenegro said that the meeting was interrupted due to disagreements over the procedure for adopting the decision on the application of sanctions, as set out in items 11, 12, and 13 of the adopted agenda.
Montenegrin Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić demanded that the decision be adopted not by the government, but by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was opposed by Foreign Minister Đorđe Radulović, who explained that this was a constitutional competence of the government, and that the prime minister wanted to avoid responsibility for the sanctions. Krivokapić then announced a break in the meeting.
Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sports Vesna Bratić said that she would vote against sanctions against Russia.
Recall that Montenegro declaratively joined all restrictive measures, including eight packages of individual and economic sanctions adopted by the EU against Russia, and the decision was published on the government website on March 1 as the position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.