Regarding the communiqué that has been circulating in public in recent days concerning the meeting with Mr. Milo Đukanović, and which is being attributed to the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, I hereby state that neither I personally nor the Montenegrin Orthodox Church as an institution have anything to do with it.

I did not issue, sign, or approve it, nor does it originate from the Montenegrin Orthodox Church.

Cetinje, 5 July 2026

Archbishop of Cetinje and
Metropolitan of Montenegro

† M I H A I L O (signed)