ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES MONTENEGRIN DECISION TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT STATE
Regnum, Russia
May 31 2006
The Armenian Foreign Ministry welcomes decision of the Montenegrin
government and the people to establish independent state, congratulates
and wishes success to Montenegrin people in achieving independence,
acting Armenian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Vladimir Karapetyan
stated, commenting on Montenegrin referendum’s conducting, being
interviewed by a REGNUM correspondent.
According to him, a peaceful divorce of Montenegro and Serbia is
especially important for Armenia because the right of the Montenegrin
people for self-determination was expressed at the referendum, which,
in its turn, proves fact that referendum remains recognized and
civilized instrument in international relations to settle analogous
problems in the way of people’s will expression.
It is worth reminding that Montenegrin residents voted for its
independence from Serbia during the May 20 referendum. On May 21,
Montenegro’s Election Committees representatives announced the
referendum’s official outcomes, confirming in such way a definitive
break-up of the former Yugoslavia. 55.4% of Montenegrins voted for
independence from Serbia, 44.6% – against it. In such a way, a new
independent country appeared on the European map.