Montenegro–United Kingdom relations, or British–Montenegrin relations, are foreign relations between

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and the

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. Both nations are members of the Council of Europe and

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and had fought on the same side in both

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and

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History

Nicholas I of Montenegro and Edmund Allenby (1914-1918)

In 1878 Great Britain recognised

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as an independent and sovereign principality by the

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. During that period Britain maintained an embassy in the royal capital, Cetinje. The former British Embassy in Cetinje is still standing and is now the home of the

University of Montenegro Music Academy The University of Montenegro Music Academy ( Montenegrin: Muzička Akademija Univerziteta Crne Gore ''Музичка Академија Универзитета Црне Горе'') is one of the educational institutions of the University of Monten ...

. After the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro, the UK recognised

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as an independent state and established diplomatic relations on 13 June 2006. The UK then upgraded its British Office in

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

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visited Montenegro to officially open the new British Embassy in Podgorica in March 2009. Montenegro opened an embassy in London in September 2007 (the former Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro in London became the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia on 5 June 2006).

Cultural relations

Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro (10575655746)

The

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has been operating in Podgorica since 1994 and is co-located with the embassy. British Council in Montenegro is nurturing cultural relations between the United Kingdom and Montenegro through its project work in the fields of education, creative industries, governance and English language, and also through maintaining and developing networks with governmental, non-governmental and international organisations locally. The

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recorded 31,244 people born in the former state of Serbia and Montenegro, which are now the independent states of

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and Montenegro.

Politics

The United Kingdom strongly supports Montenegrin membership into the

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and

References

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History

Cultural relations

Politics

See also

References