“We hope that Ukraine will receive candidate status for EU membership, and Montenegro, as the leader of the negotiation process, is ready to provide the necessary expert and political assistance,”saidMontenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazović in a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky invited Abazović to visit Kyiv, the Montenegrin Prime Minister’s Office said.
In a conversation with the President of Ukraine, Abazović noted that Montenegro condemned the Russian Federation’s operation in Ukraine and from the very beginning openly supported Ukraine’s independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty, stressing that today the European values of freedom and choice of the European Union are at stake, and that Montenegro fully supports the EU’s position regarding the Russian operation in Ukraine.“We hope that Ukraine will receive candidate status for EU membership, and Montenegro, as the leader of the negotiation process, is ready to provide the necessary expert and political assistance,” Abazović said.As reported, the prime minister informed Zelensky about the number of Ukrainian refugees received by Montenegro and said that it amounts to about 2% of the population.Как сообщалось, премьер проинформировал Зеленского о количестве украинских беженцев, которые приняла Черногория, и заявил, что это около 2% населения.

