Elections won't affect Montenegro ties – Croatian ambassador

Croatia's top representative in Montenegro says the two countries' relations will remain unaffected.

"Irrelevant of how the new government is formed, I am certain Croatian relations with Montenegro will remain friendly," Ambassador Petar Turčinović told a Podgorica daily in the wake of weekend elections in Croatia.

His country's foreign policy toward neighboring Montenegro, "will suffer absolutely no changes," the diplomat reassured.

The ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the parliamentary vote over the weekend.

But its parliament seat tally falls short of absolute majority, forcing the party of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader to seek coalition partners in order to form a new cabinet.