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C R I S I S W E B   N E W  S
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Thursday, 29 March  2001


Montenegro
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Montenegro: Settling for  Independence? 
ICG Balkans report Nr.107 
The international community should accept that the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (FRY) is, as it stands, unsustainable. In "Montenegro: Settling
for  Independence?", ICG argues that the most important contribution
Western  governments can make is to take a neutral stance and support a
negotiated  resolution of status issues between Serbia and Montenegro.
President Milo  Djukanovic of Montenegro has charted a course for full
independence, promising a  referendum if he wins elections scheduled for
April. Fears that a "redrawing of  borders" risks provoking greater
instability, or might have a domino-effect in  Kosovo, Macedonia or Bosnia
and Herzegovina, are exaggerated. The international  community should help
Serbia and Montenegro redefine their relationship on  mutually acceptable
terms, in line with the long-term stabilisation of the  region.

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