The cooperation programme was signed in Podgorica on Thursday by Alenka Suhadolnik, head of the Foreign Ministry's Directorate for International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, and Ramiz Basic, who heads the Bilateral Relations Directorate at the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration.

The programme provides for development projects to strengthen economic and social infrastructure and bilateral technical assistance projects. Other objectives include support for projects by NGOs and services of general interest and those carried out at the regional level.

The press release from the ministry also says that Montenegro is on the priority list for Slovenian development cooperation.