26. 07. 2022. 00:00   >>  20:44

ABAZOVIC ASSESSED

The prosecution has already achieved visible results

Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazovic said that Montenegro fully follows the policy of the European Union. He assessed that Montenegro is a leader in the integration process, and that he is convinced that our experiences will be useful to the other countries of the Western Balkans in the accession process. He says that the prosecution has already achieved visible results.

Speaking about the Open Balkans, Abazovic said that the Ministry of European Affairs was tasked with creating a working group that will make an analysis that will assess the positive and negative effects of the Open Balkans initiative on Montenegro.

"I think the initiative can bring many positive effects that the Western Balkans need, such as fewer borders, better economic cooperation and better neighborly relations. I also believe that it is in line with the Berlin process and can only benefit the integration of the Western Balkans into the EU," said Abazović in an interview for Diplomacy and commerce.

According to him, economic development, the process of European integration and the fight against crime and corruption are the main proclaimed directions of action of the 43rd Government of Montenegro.

"I believe that these aspects are intertwined. In the previous period, we fought and fought for Montenegro to have the Law on the State Prosecutor's Office, which enabled the necessary changes to take place in a crucially important institution for the fight against crime and corruption. Today, this is an independent institution which has already achieved visible results. Nevertheless, the issue of the judiciary will be completed when we reach a political consensus with two-thirds or three-fifths of the deputies and elect the supreme state prosecutor with a full mandate, new members of the Constitutional Court and the Judicial Council and unblock the work of the institutions necessary for the regular functioning of the state apparatus," said Abazovic.