Non-governmental organizations and civic activists have sent a letter to the Government of Montenegro demanding that the public be urgently informed about any possible export, import, or trade in arms and military equipment with Israel, and that all valid contracts, agreements, and permits in this area be disclosed. The letter was sent to Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, Minister of Defence Dragan Krapović, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ervin Ibrahimović.

In February 2026, the Embassy of Palestine in Montenegro condemned the “continuous cooperation between the Ministry of Defence of Montenegro and the Israeli army and its military industry”. In addition, a BIRN investigation from August 2025 indicated that “the Ministry of Economic Development, with the consent of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, and the Ministry of the Interior, issued two permits for the export of weapons to Israel in March and April 2024, during the military offensive on the Gaza Strip.” To this day, the competent ministries have not publicly responded to these claims, which underscores the need for full transparency and precise information for the public.

Our organizations and activists express the strongest possible opposition to any form of trade in arms, military equipment, or any other type of military cooperation between Montenegro and Israel, Israeli companies, or intermediary companies, as long as the military offensive in Gaza continues — an offensive which the International Court of Justice has found entails a risk of genocide. We also recall that the International Criminal Court, of which Montenegro is a member state, issued arrest warrants on 21 November 2024 for the Israeli Prime Minister and former Minister of Defence for crimes against humanity and the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare.

Under such circumstances, no form of cooperation can be considered neutral or technically justified — every shipment of arms, every permit, and every contract potentially contributes to systematic crimes against the Palestinian civilian population. Montenegro, as a state bound by international treaties and its own Constitution to respect international law, must not be a partner in a supply chain leading to war crimes and genocide.

For this reason, we demand that the Government of Montenegro, without delay, publish complete and precise information on all forms of arms trade and military cooperation between Montenegro and Israel that have been in force in recent years, and that it urgently suspend such trade or cooperation if it exists.

Human Rights Action (HRA)
Centre for the Development of Non-Governmental Organisations (CRNVO)
Women’s Rights Center (WRC)
Montenegrin–Palestinian Friendship Society
Civic Movement of Solidarity with Palestine
Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM)
Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN-CG)
Centre for Democratic Transition (CDT)
ANIMA – Centre for Women’s and Peace Education
Montenegrin LGBTIQ Association Queer Montenegro
ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for the Western Balkans and Turkey
Montenegro Media Institute (MMI)
Juventas
PRIMA
Women’s Safe House (SŽK)
Association Spektra
Montenegrin Committee of Lawyers for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms (CKM)
Hand in Hand
KSENA – Centre for Advisory Support to Persons with Experience of Violence
Our Action
Civic Alliance
Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR)
Montenegrin PEN Centre
Montenegrin Philological Society
Korina
Kuća
Natura
Bona Fide
Ipso Facto
Roma Youth Organisation “Walk with Us – Phiren Amenca”
Centre for Civic Education (CCE)
Active Zone
Montenegrin Foundation for HIV and Viral Hepatitis
Centre for the Affirmation of the RE Population – CAREP
Association of Displaced Roma and Egyptians from Kosovo and Metohija in Montenegro
Dr Martin Schneider-Jacoby Association (MSJA)
Antifascists of Cetinje
Progressive Policy Fund
Montenegro Education
Delfin Ecological Centre, Kotor
Municipal Multiple Sclerosis Association of Bijelo Polje
Society for Cultural Development Bauo
Association of LBTQ Women “Stana”
Montenegrin Women’s Lobby
LDA Montenegro – Local Democracy Agency
Forum of Youth and Non-Formal Education – Forum MNE
Avlija
Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro (UMHCG)
Association “Štrpci – Against Forgetting”
Dina Bajramspahić, civic activist
Marija Backović, civic activist
Paula Petričević, civic activist
Milena Bešić, civic activist