Montenegro on the Road to Final Status

On 17 September 2004, the East European Project hosted Montenegro’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Miodrag Vlahovic at a roundtable within the CSIS U.S.- Montenegrin Policy Forum series. The discussion focused upon the EU-brokered loose union between Montenegro and Serbia. This union has served as the backdrop for Montenegro’s attempts at European Union (EU) and NATO integration since the signing of the Belgrade Agreement in 2002. Recently, the nature of this association was redefined by the EU at a meeting of EU foreign ministers held in Maastricht earlier this month on 3-4 September. Minister Vlahovic discussed the implications of this shift as well as Montenegro’s priorities and outlook for the future.