{"id":11205,"date":"2025-06-04T11:24:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=11205"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:25:07","slug":"spajic-did-not-snub-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/spajic-did-not-snub-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"Spajic did not \u201csnub\u201d Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Original article<\/a> (in Montenegrin) was published on 19\/5\/2025; Author: Marko Vukajlovi\u0107<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was scheduled<\/a> (archived: here<\/a>) to visit Montenegro, as announced by President Jakov Milatovic. However, the visit never materialized.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milatovic later stated<\/a> (archived: here<\/a>) that May 15 had been considered as a potential date, but at the time, there were rumors that Zelensky might meet<\/a> (archived: here<\/a>) face-to-face with Vladimir Putin in Turkey as part of peace negotiations, so that date was dismissed. Milatovic added that Saturday, May 17, was also an option, but on that day, Prime Minister Milojko Spajic was unable to attend due to previously scheduled obligations, so that plan also fell through. According to media reports, Spajic and Zelensky were expected to sign bilateral security agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In light of the sequence of events, the outlet Adria published<\/a> a short clip on social media in which Milatovic explains what happened, with the following caption: (archived: here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spajic \u201csnubbed\u201d Zelensky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judging by this, it appears as if the Montenegrin Prime Minister deliberately skipped the meeting with the Ukrainian leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Government\u2019s official website announced<\/a> on May 15 that Spajic would be leading the Montenegrin delegation to the Vatican starting Saturday, May 17 (archived: here<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPrime Minister Mr. Milojko Spajic will lead the Montenegrin delegation from May 17\u201319, 2025, at the inauguration ceremony of Pope Leo XIV. The formal inaugural mass for the appointment of Pope Leo XIV will be held at St. Peter\u2019s Square.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was also reported<\/a> by other media outlets (archived: here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal platform for the Montenegrin delegation\u2019s visit to the Vatican was officially registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zelensky also had a tight schedule during that period. On Thursday, May 15, he met<\/a> (archived: here<\/a>) with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, though in Ankara \u2014 not Istanbul, where a potential meeting with Putin had been speculated. In Istanbul, delegations from the two countries held negotiations<\/a> (archived: here<\/a>). Then, on May 16, Zelensky participated in the European Political Community Summit in Tirana, where he ultimately met (<\/a>archived: here<\/a>) with President Milatovic. The following day in Rome, he held a series of bilateral meetings<\/a> before attending<\/a> the inauguration of newly elected Pope Leo XIV \u2014 as did Prime Minister Spajic. (archived: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Adria may not have intended to portray the entire saga of Zelensky\u2019s planned visit to Montenegro in a negative light, some media outlets launched an overt campaign against his arrival. The IN4S portal, for instance, published a series of articles with titles such as: \u201cDogs of War Are Coming to Montenegro: Why is neo-Nazi Zelensky welcome in Podgorica?\u201d; \u201cPodgorica or Istanbul: Where will Zelensky show his true face?\u201d; \u201cWhen is total capitulation announced? Podgorica isn\u2019t choosing between Moscow and Kyiv, but between lies and truth\u201d; \u201cZelensky\u2019s visit and (anti)fascism: Will Podgorica follow in the footsteps of the aggressive minority in Cetinje?\u201d
(archived: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, Zelensky did not come \u2014 but all evidence suggests that Prime Minister Spajic did not deliberately avoid him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to media reports<\/a>, the government led by Spajic had previously coordinated a ten-year security cooperation agreement with Ukraine, which is expected to be signed by both the Montenegrin Prime Minister and the President of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given all of the above, the disputed claim is rated as a manipulation of facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cManipulation of Facts\u201d rating is given to a media report that uses known and accurate facts but interprets them in a deceptive manner. These reports generally employ accurate information to draw incorrect conclusions or claims, leading media consumers to draw conclusions that differ from the actual meaning of the presented facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was scheduled to visit Montenegro, as announced by President Jakov Milatovic. However, the visit never materialized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[584,585,586,581,583],"class_list":["post-11205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks","tag-crna-gora","tag-milatovic","tag-spajic","tag-ukrajina","tag-zelenski"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11208,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205\/revisions\/11208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}