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The Serbian president will attend the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tivat, while tensions between Belgrade and Podgorica have increased following the return of a group of Serbian citizens by Montenegrin authorities.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has arrived in Montenegro. He landed by plane at Tivat airport.
Montenegrin media reported that Vučić will address the media from Tivat at 6:00 PM, but there has been no official announcement from his cabinet, nor is it known exactly where the press conference will be held.
Vučić confirmed earlier in the day that he will travel to Montenegro for the EU-Western Balkans Summit, stressing that it is important for him to go and represent Serbia despite warnings from the Security and Intelligence Agency (BIA) not to travel and that his life is in danger.
" I received a written notification from the BIA and I read it. I have not spoken about this with Antonio Costa. I am going there because it is very important for me to represent Serbia ," Vučić said earlier in the day, answering journalists' questions after meeting with the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa.
The BIA published a statement on Wednesday evening stating that Vučić had been warned not to travel to Montenegro and that his life was in danger there, as according to allegations, the leader of the "Kavac Clan", Radoje Zvicer, is in Montenegro.
This announcement by the BIA was preceded by the decision of the Montenegrin authorities to return from Tivat about 90 Serbian citizens who had arrived on an Air Serbia charter flight.
Montenegrin police announced that banners with the inscription "Serbia wins" and communication equipment were found on these people. The media linked the people who arrived on this flight to the attacks on students that took place last year.
The response of the Serbian authorities was to detain Montenegrin citizens at border crossings with Serbia and to ban entry into the country for some people from Montenegro.
The warnings about the Serbian president's security followed an incident on Wednesday, when a charter flight from Belgrade with 87 passengers returned from Tivat to Serbia. Montenegrin police and the National Security Agency assessed the flight as a security risk.
The Montenegrin portal Vijesti reported that most of the returned Serbian citizens have criminal records and have been mentioned in Serbian media for years as persons entrusted with “special tasks by the SNS regime.” According to the report, their purpose in Montenegro remains unclear.
On Wednesday evening, several representatives of Serbia's ruling party publicly called on Vučić not to travel to Montenegro. However, during today's press conference, he confirmed his participation in the summit, stating that he will "say everything he has to say face to face," referring to the Montenegrin authorities.
Meanwhile, according to Serbian media , the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Callas, has canceled her participation.
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