Israel recognized Montenegro on 13 June 2006 and established diplomatic relations on 12 July 2006.

[5] On July 4 and 5, 2018 the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Yuven Rotem visited Montenegro, and on July 16 and 17, 2018 the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Srdjan Darmanović visited Israel.

[6] Milo Đukanović have also visited Israel as part of the Fifth World Holocaust Forum held in Jerusalem on January 22 and 23, 2020.

[2] In 2019, Montenegro signed contract with the Israeli defense and technology company Elbit Systems in value of $35 million,[7] and in 2023 another deal with Elbit Systems in value of $22 million.

[8] For the period of January-October 2021, 17,496 Israelis visited Montenegro, spending 49,646 nights.