Na afscheiding Montenegro: Servië blijft lid van de Raad van Europa (en)
Strasbourg, 14.06.2006 - The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe noted today that, following the declaration of independence of the Republic of Montenegro on 3 June 2006, and in accordance with Article 60 of the Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia will continue membership of the State Union in the Council of Europe and will assume the attendant obligations and commitments.
The Committee of Ministers will maintain with the Republic of Serbia the close co-operative relations which it had established with the State Union and wishes to assure the Serbian authorities of its readiness to continue working with them towards greater European unity on the basis of the Council of Europe’s values and principles. It welcomes their declared willingness to work in the same direction.
The Committee of Ministers expressed its confidence that the authorities of Serbia and Montenegro will settle matters relating to the succession of the State Union in the same spirit of mutual understanding and co-operation which they have shown in the last few weeks, in the interest of stability and prosperity of Europe.
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