President of the Parliament holds a reception on the occasion of raising the flag of Montenegro in Brussels

Friday, 09 June 2017 17:25

President of the Parliament holds a reception on the occasion of raising the flag of Montenegro in Brussels

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President of the Parliament of Montenegro, Mr Ivan Brajović, hosted a reception on the occasion of membership of Montenegro in NATO, the day Montenegrin flag was raised in Brussels. The guests in Villa "Gorica" were welcomed by the President of the Parliament and the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Mr Duško Marković, followed by the intonation of the Montenegrin anthem and simultaneous raising of Montenegrin and NATO flag. In his speech, the President of the Parliament, among other things, said that the day when the Montenegrin flag has fluttered in Brussels among the flags of the most powerful countries in the world, this generation of politicians did not feel the taste of victory, but of responsibility and satisfaction because Montenegro - after decades of challenges and dilemmas - has returned home.

- Montenegro has returned where it had always belonged: to the family of progressive and democratic nations. We are joining the most powerful alliance with our head held high and offering our hand, and not a rifle or a sabre. We are joining in a friendly manner and we call for peace, and not conflict. We are joining aware that we do not have the military potential of the great powers, but we have tradition, wisdom, and determination to keep our freedom for more than a millennium. We have the first printing press of the Southern Slovenes whose letters we had turned into bullets, so today we could say both to the well-intentioned and to the malicious that peace, tolerance, and progress have no alternative, President Brajović said.

President of the Parliament also stressed that NATO accession represented the beginning of the new stage, with the challenges of joining the European Union to be faced, and with the priority task of ensuring continuous progress and prosperity of Montenegrin society.

- NATO membership is a momentum towards a greater degree of the rule of law, economic progress, and creation of better conditions for a higher quality of life of all citizens of Montenegro, Mr Brajović said.

President of the Montenegrin Parliament expressed pride for the fact that after all the challenges and great dates Montenegro was preserved as a country of differences that build a unique civic identity of co-existence and synergy of nations, faiths, and cultures:

- This is one victory which I feel and of which I am proud today, when in the NATO building Montenegro takes its historic place between Luxembourg and the Netherlands. This is the reach and not the victory of the majority of Montenegro. This is the beginning of modern Montenegro which will now be a guidepost to many showing how to manage to outdo yourself and others. To overcome divisions through possibilities and right choices. And NATO is the right choice, the President of the Parliament of Montenegro, Mr Ivan Brajović, concluded, congratulating Montenegro and the world on our country’s membership in NATO.

You can download the text of the speech of President Brajović from here:

Speech of the President of the Parliament of Montenegro Mr Ivan Brajović