MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE: PM DJUKANOVIC MEETS WITH

UNCLAS BELGRADE 000868 SIPDIS SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL MW SR SUBJECT: MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE: PM DJUKANOVIC MEETS WITH SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC, EU FM SOLANA SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY Ref: Belgrade 825 Serbian President Goes to Podgorica -------------- ¶1. (U) Serbian President Tadic met in Podgorica with Montenegrin PM Djukanovic, President Vujanovic, and opposition leader Bulatovic on May 27. Tadic stated that the GOS, including Prime Minister Kostunica, would recognize the final results of the referendum. Tadic and Vujanovic agreed that relations between Montenegro and Serbia should be re-defined as soon as possible. ¶2. (SBU) Vujanovic's Chief of Staff, Ivan Lekovic, noted that Vujanovic returned the call on May 30, visiting Tadic in Belgrade. Lekovic told Consulate that the GoS is expected to recognize both the final referendum results (by June 1),and the Parliament's Declaration of Independence, which the GoM hopes to have adopted on June 3. PM Djukanovic Goes to Brussels -------------- ¶3. (U) PM Djukanovic traveled to Brussels May 29, meeting with EU FM Solana, EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn, and Belgian FM Karel de Gucht, currently the OSCE Chairman-in- Office. Solana, saying Djukanovic has a "brilliant career ahead of him," congratulated the Montenegrin people on a "free and fair" and "impressive" referendum vote. Rehn said that the EU looked forward to completing a Stabilization and Accession Agreement (SAA) with Montenegro by the end of ¶2006. De Gucht said he saw no obstacles to Montenegro quickly joining the OSCE. POLT