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Lajcak To Open Slovak Embassy in Montenegro on Tuesday
Monday 14 June 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Podgorica/Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) - Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak will open the Slovak Embassy in Podgorica in Montenegro on Tuesday morning, TASR was told by Ministry's spokesman Peter Stano on Monday.
The representative office in Podgorica is supposed to provide new impetus mainly in terms of mutual economic co-operation and promote Slovakia's position in the country, as Slovak diplomacy has a special place in the birth of Montenegro. [Slovakia was among the first to recognise Montenegro as a free and sovereign state on June 13, 2006 and established diplomatic ties with it on the day on which the country was accepted into the United Nations - June 28, 2006. Plus outgoing Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak helped co-ordinate the nation's referendum on independence from Serbia - ed. note]
A diplomatic presence of Slovakia in Podgorica is also important from the perspective of tourism, since after Croatia, the Montenegrin coast is one of the top holiday destinations for Slovak tourists.
After the ceremonial opening of the embassy in Podgorica, Lajcak will attend the Meeting of Central European Initiative (CEI) Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Budva.
During his visit to Montenegro, Lajcak will meet with the country's top officials - President Filip Vujanovic, Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, Parliamentary Chairman Ranko Krivokapic, Finance Minister Igor Luksic as well as with his counterpart Milan Rocen.
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