COLLABORAZIONE TRA MONTENEGRO E PUGLIA 1973-1980.

As one of the Republics of socialist Yugoslavia, Montenegro has sought to establish close cooperation with Italy since the mid-1960s. As part of this policy, Montenegro paid close attention to the region of Apulia, geographically closest to Montenegro. The beginning of the cooperation was the establishment of the ferry line Antivari -- Bari in 1965. In 1966 relations were established between Titograd (Podgorica), the capital of Montenegro, and Bari, the capital of Apulia. The first official delegation from Montenegro visited Apulia in 1973 and in the same year an Apulian delegation visited Montenegro. That year, the fairs of Montenegro and Apulia founded the company «Centrojug-Italia». After the signing of the Osimo Agreements between Italy and Yugoslavia in 1975, which regulated the relationship between the two countries, the cooperation between Montenegro and Apulia developed further. A delegation of the Montenegrin Government paid an official visit to Apulia in 1977, while a delegation from Apulia visited Montenegro in 1980. One of the most significant results of these agreements was the establishment of a joint company «Levant-Co» in Bari in 1978. This article presents in detail the meetings of representatives from Montenegro and Apulia, their agreements and concrete examples of cooperation from 1973 to 1980. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]