Photo: AP Photo/Darko VojinovićThe former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of European Integration of Montenegro, Jovana Marović, was denied entry with the explanation that it was due to the "protection of the security of the Republic of Serbia and its citizens".
A day after the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of European Integration of Montenegro, Jovana Marović, was banned from entering Serbia, the official Podgorica announced.
Jovani Marović was denied entry to Serbia at Surčin airport when arriving at the 2023 World Forum organized by the Ministry of Space in Požega.
The justification given to Jovana Marović is that it was done to "protect the security of the Republic of Serbia and its citizens."
On the occasion of this ban, the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, said that if we want good neighborly relations, we must leave behind us the practice of banning entry due to different political opinions.
"I just spoke with Jovana Marović. She is fine and has arrived in Montenegro. I am surprised that she was banned from entering Serbia, especially considering her many years of involvement in the civil sector both in the country and in the region. I am sure that Jovana is not a security threat. Denial of entry due to different political opinion is a practice that we must leave behind if we want to build good neighborly relations. In the context of the European future, the region should strive for open borders for citizens even when they are critical of the authorities and policies," Milatović wrote on Twitter.
A cynical explanation
The organization Ministry of Space announced that since the purpose of her arrival was to participate in one of the discussions at the regional summer school, it is clear that the official explanation is pure cynicism.
"The real reason for banning her entry lies in her publicly stated views and attendance at protests against violence," the statement said.
The Ministry of Space organization "condemns that action of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, metastasizing suppression of freedom of opinion, restriction of freedom of movement and mistreatment of people solely because of different views."
"It is clear that such actions only lead to further tensions in society and the impossibility of establishing trust and productive cooperation in the region, which would contribute to the betterment of all citizens," the statement emphasized.
As reported by Ne davimo Beograd, Jovana Marović was previously the subject of tabloid writing in Serbia due to her publicly stated views, where she was most brutally attacked.
"After attending the Serbia against violence protests, these attacks intensified and we assume that this support for the protests is the reason for the ban on entering Serbia," it added.
Just two days ago in Athens, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, talked about progress in relations between Serbia and Montenegro.
"Very good conversation with the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, about the progress in relations between Serbia and Montenegro," wrote Vučić on the Instagram account of buducnostsrbijeav.
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"Turning over a new leaf in the relations between Serbia and Montenegro" and "we will not stand in your shadow", was Vučić's message after the first official visit of the Montenegrin president to Belgrade.
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"The messages that were sent after the meeting between the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, indicate the planning of concrete measures that should normalize and deepen the relations between the two countries, but Vučić's raising of tensions due to the journalist's question was unnecessary. he said then for the portal "Vremena", Milan Krstić, assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences.
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