PODGORICA (Montenegro), December 14 (SeeNews) – Montenegro's European integration minister Aleksandar Andrija Pejovic said the country is ready to open the remaining three chapters in its membership negotiations with the European Union in the first half of 2018.
The Western Balkans summit, to be held in May 2018 in Bulgaria's capital Sofia will represent an excellent opportunity for the deepening of the EU integration of the region, Pejovic said, as quoted in a statement by the ministry on Wednesday.
Montenegro opened Chapter 2 - Freedom of Movement For Workers, and Chapter 3 - Right of Establishment & Freedom to Provide Services during the Montenegro-EU Intergovernmental Accession Conference in Brussels on Monday.
The country has started talks on 30 out of the 35 chapters of EU body of law and has provisionally closed negotiations on three, namely Chapter 30 - External Relations, Chapter 25 - Science & Research and Chapter 26 - Education & Culture. Chapter 34 - Institutions and Chapter 35 - Other Issues were provisionally closed, as Montenegro has nothing to adopt in the sectors.
The European Commission started accession negotiations with Montenegro in June 2012.