May 23, 2006
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

U.S. Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro Michael C. Polt: Statement on the Montenegrin Referendum on State Status

I would like to congratulate the people of Montenegro on the peaceful, democratic, and transparent manner in which the referendum was carried out. The people and their leaders on both sides of the vote demonstrated political maturity in dealing with this historic occasion.

The United States fully supports the OSCE/ODIHR assessment of the election, which stated that "the referendum was conducted in line with OSCE and Council of Europe commitments and other international standards for democratic electoral processes."

We urge Montenegro and Serbia to work together to resolve the practical issues necessary to implement the will of the people of Montenegro as expressed in the referendum.

The U.S. is firmly committed to supporting efforts in the region that will help achieve President Bush’s goal of a Europe whole, free and at peace.

23. maj, 2006
Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

AMERIČKI AMBASADOR U SRBIJI I CRNOJ GORI MAJKL K. POLT: IZJAVA O CRNOGORSKOM REFERENDUMU O DRŽAVNOM STATUSU

Želio bih da čestitam narodu Crne Gore na mirnom, demokratskom i transparentnom načinu na koji je referendum održan. Narod i lideri obje strane koje su glasale na refendumu pokazali su političku zrelost u ovom istorijskom događaju.

Sjedinjene Države u potpunosti podržavaju ocjene OEBS-a/Biroa za demokratske institucije i ljudska prava (OSCE/ODIHR) o izborima koji je naveo da je "referendum sproveden u skladu sa zahtjevima OEBS-a i Savjeta Evrope i drugim međunarodnim standardima u vezi sa demokratskim izbornim procesima".

Pozivamo Crnu Goru i Srbiju da rade zajedno na rješavanju praktičnih pitanja neophodnih da se implementira volja građana Crne Gore izražena na referendumu.

SAD je snažno privržena da podrži napore u regionu koji će pomoći da se ostvari cilj predsjednika Buša o Evropi cijeloj, slobodnoj i u miru.

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