Foreign Relations of Serbia and Montenegro - International Disputes

International Disputes

  • The Albanian government recognised independence of Kosovo, an autonomous province within Yugoslavia while continuing to seek regional cooperation.
  • Several Albanian political parties in Kosovo voice union with Albania
  • Has delimited about half of the boundary with Bosnia and Herzegovina, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute.
  • There is also a dispute with Bosnia regarding the exclave of Sastavci village in Priboj municipality (which is entirely surrounded by Serbian territory), as well as Serbian "practical" exclave comprising several villages in the same area.
  • Some disputes with Croatia regarding the border. In 2002 there was a border incident regarding river island near Ĺ arengrad, when Serbian border police prevented land owners from Croatia to visit their properties (lying in Serbian territory) using boats.
  • In late 2002, Serbia and Montenegro and Croatia adopted an interim agreement to settle the disputed Prevlaka Peninsula, allowing the withdrawal of the UN monitoring mission (UNMOP), but discussions could be complicated by the inability of Serbia and Montenegro to come to an agreement on the economic aspects of the new federal union.
  • After a recent shooting of an Albanian youth crossing the border with Macedonia there has been calls for autonomy for Albanians in the Presevo region, having international troops put as borderguards, and making of more border crossings.

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