He thanked Ms Pelosi on the continuous support that the USA had been giving to Montenegro with regard to implementing one of its top priorities – NATO Alliance integration.

Mr Krivokapić emphasised that it was very important for Montenegro to encourage and promote its cooperation with the USA, as the strategic partner on the path to further democratic development of our country. Further democratisation and strengthening of the rule of law are issues of crucial importance for Montenegro, and the dynamics and quality of the integration process that we are in depends on them.

The interlocutors especially pointed out the inauguration of the Congressional Montenegro Caucus as a new important mechanism of further strengthening of partnership between the two countries.

President Krivokapić held a lecture in Washington, at the Strategic Session which was held in the Atlantic Council, on the topic “Montenegro and NATO”. President Krivokapić emphasised that for Montenegro, the NATO membership meant alliance with the democratic and economically prosperous countries of the world.

 “Being together with such countries, for Montenegro means having more democracy and the rule of law. The NATO membership also creates conditions for a more intensive economic development and more actual strategic investors which would benefit our economy.”

Answering numerous questions of the participants in the session, Mr Krivokapić pointed out that Montenegro would continue to fulfil the NATO membership criteria, citing that the security framework of the Alliance was especially needed in the region that had been a place of tragic conflicts in the recent past. Mr Ian Brzezinski, American foreign policy and military affairs expert, spoke in the session on behalf of the Atlantic Council.

President Krivokapić also visited the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and met with Ms Bojana Perošević, the first Montenegrin lady attending this prestigious Academy.