11 November 2018 - Prime Minister Duško Marković said that on November 11 – marked one hundred years since the guns fell silent to end World War I. Montenegro is again divided between perceiving it as the date to honor all the victims or the date after which the name of Montenegro disappeared from world maps.
“Only one country that courageously and consistently fought on the side of the Entente Powers and suffered tremendous losses in WWI, was left without a state name and was not even mentioned in Europe for a long time. That is why in the Montenegrin memory – 11 November 1918 is a date we mark with divided feelings. The day of great historical victory of modern Europe, to which Montenegro with its 400,000 inhabitants gave 20,000 lives – is the date to honor all the victims. But, unfortunately, the date after which the name of Montenegro disappeared from the world map, the date which reminds us of the tragic injustice done to us by the Allied Powers of the Great War,” said Prime Minister Marković.
Prime Minister Marković also noted that historical facts point out that Montenegro itself did not manage to act properly during those decisive years ahead of and during WWI.
“Montenegro’s army was ruined in the two Balkan wars, sacrificed in Mojkovac for the rescue of the Serbian army in retreat, and then handed over to the Serbian command. All this facilitated the military implementation of the political idea of the Allies on the disappearance of the Montenegrin state and its dynasty,” continued Prime Minister.
Finally, Prime Minister Marković noted that Montenegro needed almost nine decades to repair the damage of state and national disaster it experienced in the end of the World War I.
Source: Cafe del Montenegro
