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An agreement about the legal status of the REC in Montenegro was signed between the Government of Montenegro’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Spatial Planning and the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe’s head office Board of Directors on April 5, 2004. The REC's senior adviser Janos Zlinsky (pictured right) looks on as Montenegrin Minister of Environment Boro Vucinic signs the agreement.

On the side of REC, the agreement was signed by the president of the Board of Directors, Corrado Clini. The agreement provides a favourable legal framework to the REC’s office in Montenegro, which will contribute to the reconstruction of the environment in the country through different projects and activities, Clini explained. Immediately after the signing, the opening of a REC office in Podgorica was announced. This agreement and the imminent opening of a local field office will assure the REC a larger presence in Montenegro. In the State Union of Serbia and Montenero, each republic maintains its own ministry of environment.