{"id":84653,"date":"2026-05-19T18:32:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=84653"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:32:36","slug":"former-montenegrin-president-circles-from-belgrade-attempted-to-destabilize-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-montenegrin-president-circles-from-belgrade-attempted-to-destabilize-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Montenegrin President: Circles from Belgrade Attempted to Destabilize Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"450\">Former <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Milo \u0110ukanovi\u0107<\/span><\/span> has stated that powerful political and security circles from <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Belgrade<\/span><\/span> were behind the so-called \u201cS.\u00c7. affair,\u201d with the aim of destabilizing <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Montenegro<\/span><\/span> and compromising <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kosovo<\/span><\/span> ahead of important political processes in the region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"765\">In an interview with E Television, \u0110ukanovi\u0107 emphasized that behind these operations were Serbian military security and counterintelligence structures linked to the politics of the era of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107<\/span><\/span> and the cabinet of former Yugoslav President <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Vojislav Ko\u0161tunica<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"885\">He said these circles believed that destabilizing Kosovo would slow down or prevent its international recognition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"1046\">According to him, one of the primary objectives of those structures was also to damage the image of the NATO mission <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">KFOR<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1305\">\u201cThe goal was to compromise KFOR in Kosovo and its military command. For this purpose, 27 girls were being prepared to approach senior KFOR military officials. Among them was S.\u00c7.,\u201d \u0110ukanovi\u0107 declared, according to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">KosovaPress<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1478\">According to him, Montenegrin authorities had obtained information that the girls were being trained at the stadium facilities of the Obili\u0107 football club in Belgrade.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1624\">\u201cFortunately, KFOR and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">UNMIK<\/span><\/span> managed to receive the information in time and prevent that activity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1628\" data-end=\"1808\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">According to \u0110ukanovi\u0107, the \u201cS.\u00c7. affair\u201d was part of a broader political and security strategy against Montenegro\u2019s independence and against Euro-Atlantic processes in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Milo \u0110ukanovi\u0107 has stated that powerful political and security circles from Belgrade were behind the so-called \u201cS.\u00c7. affair,\u201d with the aim of destabilizing Montenegro and compromising Kosovo ahead of important political processes in the region. 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