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15/02/2011

The Governor of the Central Bank of Montenegro, Mr. Radoje Žugić has met today with H.E. Mr. Laurent Stokvis, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands, and Mr. Erik Petersen, the Second Secretary in the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands, Political Department.

The Governor and the Ambassador have expressed their mutual satisfaction with a very good cooperation between Montenegro and the Netherlands, in particular in the context of Montenegro’s membership of the Dutch Constituency in the IMF, and an extremely good cooperation between the Central Bank of Montenegro and the Dutch National Bank in the context of the ongoing Twinning Project and other technical assistance programs.

The Governor has informed the Ambassador about the situation in the Montenegrin banking system and continued with the discussions on Montenegro’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration and the role of the Central Bank of Montenegro in this process.

The Governor thanked the Ambassador for the cooperation and support that the Netherlands and the Dutch National Bank extend to Montenegro and the Central Bank of Montenegro, and the Ambassador indicated that his country remains open to any suggestions concerning potential intensifying of the longstanding successful cooperation between the two countries.