Djukanovic Says Photo With Dahlan Was Taken in Vucic’s House

Montenegro’s President Milo Djukanovic at a press convention in Cetinje, Montenegro. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC

Milo Djukanovic, President of Montenegro, has instructed N1 tv {that a} well-known picture taken of him with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Mohammed Dahlan, an adviser to the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, a controversial determine, was taken at Vucic’s home.

Turkey accuses Dahlan of involvement in a failed 2016 coup, and has supplied a 1.1 million-euro reward for his arrest.

“In the home of President Vucic”, Djukanovic responded to a query concerning the origin of the image from an N1 journalist, including that on the time Dahlan was in Belgrade.

“At one stage … when President Vucic and I had completed our matters, he joined us and we had a drink”, Djukanovic recalled, including that he couldn’t bear in mind precisely what 12 months it was.

“There was discuss of investments in Belgrade then. That a part of the dialog was carried out by Dahlan, and the folks in his firm, with President Vucic. I used to be there for a short while, we talked somewhat about some widespread home matters and I returned to Montenegro,” the President mentioned.

Aleksandar Vučić, Mohammed Dahlan and Milo Đukanović in Vucic’s House. | Photo: Inlightpress

Dahlan was for years thought of as somebody who labored each with Djukanovic and Vucic.

The previous safety chief of the Palestinian Nationwide Authority was as soon as seen by many as probably inheritor to Palestinian chief Yasser Arafat, however misplaced out to present Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Kicked out of Arafat’s Fatah celebration in 2011, Dahlan was accused of corruption and defamation. He was sentenced to 2 years in jail in March 2014, however had by then already left for the UAE.

Dahlan is now an adviser to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the Arab emirate that has invested main sums in Montenegro and Serbia.

In 2010, he and his spouse have been granted Montenegrin citizenship, and official paperwork confirmed that it was achieved on the behest of Djukanovic, who has described Dahlan as a “buddy”.

Serbia’s authorities has additionally quietly granted him citizenship, BIRN has revealed. In recent times, the UAE and its state corporations have invested considerably in Serbian agriculture and actual property, most importantly within the controversial Belgrade Waterfront luxurious residential and industrial improvement.