PM Marković meets with DANU: Montenegrin national identity to be preserved and strengthened

Prime Minister Duško Marković met earlier today with representatives of the Doclean Academy of Sciences and Arts (DANU), led by their President Sreten Perović, within the Alliance for Europe Initiative.

Prime Minister Marković noted it was important to gather social, scientific and political potential on issues relevant to the European integration process, in order for Montenegro to be ready for the new content of enlargement policy and to make a strong step towards full EU membership.

"We want to bring together progressive forces through a dialogue, in order to make Montenegro a democratic and prosperous state at its full capacity," Prime Minister Marković pointed out.

Representatives of DANU welcomed the Alliance for Europe Initiative and the ongoing dialogue. They emphasised the importance of preserving and strengthening the Montenegrin identity, national being as well as the Montenegrin language and culture. Members of the DANU underlined the significance of preserving Montenegrin identity in the process of European integration.

The meeting also discussed the need to raise public awareness of state continuity and exchanged views on the rule of law that implies justice in general and individual legal acts. DANU representatives stressed the importance of resolving the status of the Doclean Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Minister of Science Sanja Damjanović, Chief Negotiator with EU Aleksandar Drljević, President of the Senate of the DANU Čedomir Bogićević, academicians of the DANU Zlatko Bulić and Goran Sekulović, as well as writer Sreten Vujović also attended the meeting.

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