Montenegro to Russia: 'Keep your hands off' our NATO bid
Source: Associated Press
TUESDAY, FEB 14, 2017 11:46 AM EST
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro’s prime minister told Russia and its allies in the tiny Balkan state on Monday to stop destabilizing the county while opposing its NATO bid.
Prime Minister Dusko Markovic said that those warning of unrest “in Montenegro or outside of it should keep their hands off Montenegro.”
Markovic spoke after opposition pro-Russian parties denounced a call by Montenegro’s special prosecutor urging the national assembly to lift the immunity of two senior opposition leaders allegedly involved in a pro-Russian plot to overthrow the government over its NATO bid.
The public prosecutor wants immunity removed so that Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic could be detained and eventually put on trial for criminal conspiracy and inciting “acts against constitutional order and security of Montenegro.”
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