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Montenegro: High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell met with Prime Minister Milojko Spajić

European External Action Service (EEAS)

29.01.2024
EEAS Press Team

High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Montenegro Milojko Spajić in Brussels on Monday. The meeting took place in the margins of the 15th Ministerial Intergovernmental Conference with Montenegro, where the High Representative participated alongside the Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Commission.

During their meeting, HR/VP Borrell welcomed the Prime Minister's commitment to deliver on EU accession related reforms and reiterated the EU's support to the country in this regard. He also underlined the importance of meeting the interim benchmarks of Chapters 23 and 24, as no further chapters will be provisionally closed before this milestone is reached and encouraged the Prime Minister to continue the governments work in this regard.

HR/VP Borrell and Prime Minister Spajić also discussed issues related to the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). HR/VP Borrell commended Montenegro's full CFSP alignment, including on EU restrictive measures, demonstrating Montenegro's clear strategic orientation, which is particularly relevant in light of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, and underlined the importance of Montenegro remaining firmly on this path. Improving the enforcement of restrictive measures and the prevention of their circumvention is of particular importance and the EU stands ready to provide Montenegro with assistance in that regard.

Recalling the heightened risk of cyber threats in the current geopolitical context, the HR/VP underlined the EU's renewed commitment to provide Rapid Response assistance to increase Montenegro's immediate operational capacity to detect, prevent and repel attacks against its digital infrastructures and systems. The HR/VP welcomed Montenegro's continued, high-quality contribution to EU CSDP Missions and Operations.