Krivokapić, Tasoulas: Greece will provide full support to Montenegro's EU membership

Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić is paying a working visit to Greece, where he met today with President of the Hellenic Parliament Konstantinos Tasoulas.

PM Krivokapić expressed satisfaction with the visit to Greece and the opportunity to discuss with the highest officials the possibilities of cooperation between the two friendly countries. As he pointed out, Montenegro and Greece share common traditional and cultural values on the basis of which they can further improve cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

President of the Parliament Tasoulas thanked the Prime Minister for his visit to Greece and pointed out that he was familiar with European integration process of Montenegro, expressing the belief that Montenegro would succeed in fulfilling all obligations from the process.

"Greece will provide full support to Montenegro in that," Tasoulas emphasised.

Tasoulas expressed his belief that the dynamization of cooperation with the Parliament of Montenegro will be reflected in the strengthening of cooperation with other branches of government.

The two officials agreed that the perspective of the Western Balkans is in the European Union.

The President of the Hellenic Parliament also pointed out the importance that the Greek national hero and military leader Vaso Brajović, who is originally from Montenegro, has in Greek history. After the meeting, the officials visited an exhibition organised on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the struggle for Greek independence.