Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2006
358 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to recognise the newly declared sovereign State of Montenegro; when an Irish Embassy will be opened there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25751/06]
View answerAt its meeting on 20 June 2006 the Government, in line with the common EU position as agreed at the General Affairs and External Relations Council on 12 June, decided to recognise Montenegro as an independent State, and to establish diplomatic relations on a non-resident basis. Our Ambassador in Hungary will be accredited to Montenegro. Following that Government decision, I wrote to the Foreign Minister of Montenegro, Mr Miodrag Vlahovic, informing him of the Government decision and congratulating him on the peaceful and democratic way in which the people of Montenegro made their decision, and on the achievement of their independence.
