This agreement has applied to Montenegro since its independence, who agreed to settle future possible disputes in the International Court of Justice.

In 2000, Montenegrin president Milo Đukanović issued a formal apology to the Croatian government for the shelling of Dubrovnik in 1991, which Croatia accepted as part of broader warming of relations.

[6] In June 2024, the Montenegrin parliament adopted a resolution recognizing the atrocities committed at the Jasenovac concentration camp during World War II as genocide.

The move, led by pro-Serbia parties, was seen as a counter-response to Montenegro's support for the United Nations resolution on the Srebrenica genocide that was passed in May.

[7][8] Croatia reacted to the resolution negatively, with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman criticizing the move and expressing concerns that it could harm Montenegro's European Union accession prospects as well as bilateral relations between the two countries.