Japan–Montenegro relations

During the Russo-Japanese War, volunteers from Montenegro were encouraged to fight in the Russian Army in Manchuria.Montenegrina, digitalna biblioteka crnogorske kulture (Montegreina, digital library of Montenegrin culture), [http://montenegrina.net/pages/pages1/istorija/cg_od_20vij_do_1_svj_rata/crnogorci_u_rusko_japanskom_ratu.htm Istorija: Đuro Batrićević], citing Batrićević, Đuro. (1996). Crnogorci u rusko-japanskom ratu (Montegegrans in the Russo-Japanese War); retrieved 2011-05-12 However, Montenegro was not mentioned in the 1905 peace treaty and a technical state of war was presumed to exist between the two countries. In 2006, Japan made the gesture of recognising Montenegrin independence following its secession from Serbia and declared then that hostilities were over.[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2006/06/16/Montenegro_Japan_to_declare_truce/UPI-82871150474764/ "Montenegro, Japan to declare truce,"] United Press International (US). 16 June 2006;[http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/26860.html "Montenegro, Japan End 100 Years' War,"] History News Network (US). citing World Peace Herald'', 16 June 2006; retrieved 2011-05-11{{cite web | url=https://inf.news/en/military/fb03529de51015f385d2b4ae8c6c7d1e.html | title=Japan and Montenegro have fought the 'war' for 102 years. Do the two countries really have deep hatred? | work=iNEWS | date=2 October 2022 }}http://slavicchronicles.com/history/the-102-year-war-between-montenegro-and-japan/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

Montenegro has an honorary consulate in Tokyo, but there is no resident Japanese representative in Montenegro.[https://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy25268 Embassy pages] However, the country has been recipient of Japanese development aid, and in 2017 the Japanese ambassador to Serbia visited the Montenegrin Prime Minister.PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO, [http://www.poreskauprava.gov.me/en/search/173477/PM-Markovic-hosts-Japanese-Ambassador-Montenegro-s-NATO-membership-contributes-to-stability-of-region.html 6 June 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719234118/http://www.poreskauprava.gov.me/en/search/173477/PM-Markovic-hosts-Japanese-Ambassador-Montenegro-s-NATO-membership-contributes-to-stability-of-region.html |date=19 July 2018 }}

Montenegro has minor trade relations with Japan. In 2017 it imported goods worth €19 million from there and exported €2 million worth.European Commission, [http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2008/august/tradoc_140030.pdf "Trade in goods with Montenegro 2017"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035323/http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2008/august/tradoc_140030.pdf |date=1 December 2017 }} According to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, there was a very small community of 27 Japanese nationals in Montenegro in 2017.[https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/montenegro/data.html Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan]

In 2016, Montenegro expelled 58 foreigners (of whom only four were Japanese) linked to the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, which was behind the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack. A police statement said they had "received information from [Japanese] partner security services showing that a group of foreign nationals, who were numbers of a closed religious group, were staying in Montenegro".Independent, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/european-country-expels-58-foreigners-linked-to-the-japanese-doomsday-cult-behind-deadly-nerve-gas-a6960521.html 30 March 2016]

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• Batrićević, Đuro. (1996). Crnogorci u rusko-japanskom ratu (Montenegrins in the Russo-Japanese War). Cetinje: Obod. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/040389738 OCLC 040389738]
• __________. (1994). Dr Anto Gvozdenović: general u tri vojske. Crnogorci u rusko-japanskom ratu (Dr. Anto Gvozdenovic: General in Three Armies; Montegegrans in the Russo-Japanese War) Cetinje: Obod. {{ISBN|9788630501692}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/164797877 OCLC 164797877]

• Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/montenegro/index.html Japan-Montenegro Relations]
• [http://www.limun.hr/en/main.aspx?id=179772&Page=468 Tighter bonds with the Japanese] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810031158/http://www.limun.hr/en/main.aspx?id=179772&Page=468 |date=10 August 2014 }}

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