European Union

Accession to the European Union is a strategic foreign policy goal of Montenegro. In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a Directorate-General for the European Union which, in close cooperation with the European Integration Office, other institutional bodies, and international actors, participates in activities aimed at monitoring EU policies and country's integration into the European Union.

Its activities are focused on analyzing, monitoring and active participation in the development and implementation of EU policies, within the status of Montenegro as a candidate country for EU membership; preparation of official positions on the basis of which Montenegro represents itself and participates in joint activities with the EU within the framework of Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP); participation in the working group for negotiating chapter 31, monitoring the political dimension of regional cooperation within the Enlargement Policy and preparation of meetings at which Montenegro is invited as a partner country. 

In the field of work is the cooperation of Montenegro with regional initiatives, processes and mechanisms that contribute to the European integration process, in which Montenegro is a member state - Western Balkans Six/the Berlin Process (WB6), the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), the Brdo-Brijuni Process, Union for the Mediterranean, the Ana Lindt Foundation, the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South Eastern Europe (DPPI) etc.; the implementation of strategies on European macro-regions (the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EU Strategy for the Danube Region); coordinating projects and cooperation programs with regional initiatives, processes and mechanisms, as well as the work of other line ministries.