On March 17, the session of the Government of Montenegro was supposed to adopt sanctions against Russia because of Ukraine, however it was interrupted.
The Government of Montenegro said that the session was interrupted due to disagreements over the procedure for adopting the decision on the application of sanctions, set out in items 11, 12, and 13 of the adopted agenda.
Montenegro’s Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić demanded that this decision be made not by the government, but by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was opposed by Foreign Minister Đorđe Radulović, explaining that this is a constitutional competence of the government, and that the prime minister wanted to avoid responsibility for the sanctions. At that point, Krivokapić announced a break in the session.
Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sports Vesna Bratić stated that she would vote against sanctions against Russia.
Recall that Montenegro declaratively joined all restrictive measures, including eight packages of individual and economic sanctions adopted by the EU against Russia, and the decision was published on the government website on March 1 as the position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.