Serbs united in defense of the rights of Orthodox Christians in Montenegro
Prayer meetings of believers in support of the Orthodox Christians of Montenegro, who are fighting the discriminatory law “on freedom of religion,” are being held in Belgrade and other cities of Serbia, as well as the Republika Srpska.
On February 7, Belgrade will host the fifth gathering of activists from the Student Club of the Faculty of Law and other student organizations, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The main demands of the organizers of the actions are the declaration of a person “non grata” in Serbia by the Ambassador of Montenegro in Belgrade Tarzan Milosevic and the termination of the 2014 agreement between Podgorica and Belgrade on the joint use of the territory of Serbian embassies in more than 40 countries.
In the capital of Republika Srpska, Banja Luka, people are ready to go even further. Thus, the association of citizens “Petricevac”, which organized a rally in support of the shrines of Montenegro, initiated the declaration of the President of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic as a person “non grata”.
Djukanovic
“If Petar Handke (Writer, Nobel laureate - ed.) is an undesirable person in Sarajevo because of his good opinion of the Serbian people, then a person like Djukanovic, who is trying to suppress Serbian identity in Montenegro, should not be a desirable person in Banja -Luke,” said Pavle Knezevic, chairman of the Petricevac association.
The position of his citizens is also supported by the Serbian member of the Presidium of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Milorad Dodik. Today he met with a member of the presidium of the Montenegrin Democratic Front, Andrija Mandić, and emphasized that he supports the demands of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in Montenegro to repeal the controversial law.
Dodik and Mandic
“The law represents an unacceptable usurpation of the rights of the SOC, as noted by representatives of other religious communities in Montenegro. Based on this, we must be united and together oppose any violation of the rights of the Serbian people and the Serbian Orthodox Church, not only in Montenegro, but anywhere. The main thing is to solve all these problems peacefully through dialogue,” Dodik noted.
Mandić thanked Dodik for not agreeing with the other two members of the BiH Presidency that Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic should come to Sarajevo to continue his campaign against the Serbian people and the SOC.
“Our people have demonstrated the power of Serbian solidarity, so we stand together as one - from Chicago to Australia. We are proud that you are one of the leaders of the Serbian people,” Mandic said.
In the capital of Montenegro, Podgorica, a large prayer service is again expected today in the city center. In recent days, the number of lithium participants has reached more than 150 thousand people.
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