Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, and his wife, meet the Obamas. US Federal Government photograph. Public Domain.
It is interesting that many foreign dignitaries and politicians, including the former Pentagon spokesman, J.D. Gordon, as well as the current NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, chose this time to speak about the obligations associated with the NATO membership and the criticize power structure of Montenegro - a country poised to become its newest member.
The former spokesman for the Pentagon was very critical of the Prime Minister, Milo Djukanovic, but his criticism betrayed a desire to pressure Djukanovic into making a number of political concessions not related to NATO membership. Jens Stoltenberg, on the other hand, was more reserved in his comments but referred to the same issues as J.D. Gordon: the rule of law and corruption in Montenegro. Both comments sounded very much like a pressure tactic to influence the course of the ongoing reshuffling of Djukanovic’s cabinet.
