BELGRADE (Sputnik) – Earlier in the day, Vujanovic met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov. According to the statement issued by the presidential press office, Meshkov voiced "Russia’s known position" on the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Montenegro.
President Vujanovic "expressed confidence that Montenegro’s Euro-Atlantic integration did not jeopardize the traditional friendship between the two countries. "
The president outlined several spheres, including science and culture, where the two countries should deepen their cooperation.
In 2008, Montenegro submitted an application for EU membership. In 2009, the country’s citizens were granted visa-free access to the European Union's borderless Schengen zone, and in 2010 a Stabilization and Association Agreement between Monetnegro and the bloc, required for EU membership, finally entered into force.
