Montenegro Secret Service Chief Quits

In a brief press statement, the head of Montenegro's secret service, Boro Vucinic, said he had submitted his resignation after discussion with Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic.

The formal reasons for his resignation were not disclosed. Media reports in Podgorica suggested that the government was not satisfied with his performance in reforming the agency.

"In the past, I and my associates served the citizens of Montenegro, their safety and national security interests, with full commitment to implementation of reforms in Montenegro on her path to NATO [membership]," Vucinic said in the statement on Tuesday.

Vucinic was a loyal associate of Prime Minister Djukanovic, his "soldier", as he was often called by various opposition politicians and the media.

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