"All such claims, no matter where they are coming from, are factually baseless and politically motivated," said Đukanović as he answered MP questions during his regular monthly address to Montenegro's parliament.
The Montenegrin prime minister also said that his country's NATO and the European Union integrations were "its national interest."
"That is a synonym for a reliable peace, stability, the rule of law, economic development. Therefore, the process cannot be directed against anyone's interests," he said.
Đukanović added that Montenegro was now "much closer" to achieving its goal of becoming a NATO member and that this was the result of "what has been done" in Montenegro itself. However, he warned, there are still many obligations it must meetuntil a possible decision to allow it to join the alliance.
In this regard, Đukanović stressed that Montenegro, regardless of its membership in NATO, "remains committed to its stance to nurture good relations with other countries, including Russia."
Russia, on the other hand, described as "hostile" the statements Đukanović recently made during an official visit to the U.S. and his talks with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden.
The Montenegrin media carried this week reports from some Russian newspapers that Russia was preparing sanctions against Montenegro for its decision to join the stance of the European Union in connection with the Ukrainian crisis.
Russian Ambassador in Podgorica Andrei Nestarenko on Thursday said there were no official hints that Russia could abolish the visa-free regime with Montenegro, as some Russian media reported.
The Montenegrin embassy in Moscow also said it hads not received any information that Russia may introduce sanctions against the Balkan country.
Source: Beta - B92
25/4/14
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This dignitary of the Serb Orthodox Church spoke during the promotion in Belgrade on Tuesday of Leonid Reshetnikov's book, "To Return to Russia".....
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"'May he who is not not loyal to the same-language, same-blood Russia, have the living flesh fall off him, may he be cursed thrice, and 3,000 times by me.' This is what St. Peter of Cetinje left to his Montenegrins, and it would be good if the current prime minister of Montenegro read these words at a time when he, for the first time in history, introduced sanctions against Russia," said the metropolitan.
Amfilohije also assessed that Đukanović made such a decision only on behalf of the government, but not in the name of Montenegro and Montenegrins:
"If it was not true, it would have been be sad and funny. We can expect anything in Montenegro, but we could not have expect this."
Leonid Reshetnikov - a retired Russian general, doctor of historical sciences and a former officer of intelligence services - also strongly criticized Đukanović, referring to him as "traitor."
"Đukanović is a big traitor of the historical memory of our people. Never in the history has the Serb people - and the Montenegrin nation is part of the Serb people - been against Russia. It is great treachery that he will answer for on Judgment Day," said Reshetnikov during the promotion of his book, held in Belgrade's Moskva (Moscow) Hotel. ...................http://www.b92.net//eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2014&mm=04&dd=29&nav_id=90152
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