1.  Western officials had also worried that it would undermine their efforts to build a joint state.

2.  Flynn faces no criminal charges as a result of the joint state and federal investigation that has put his future in politics in doubt.

3.  He criticized Serbia for supporting a joint state, but not respecting Montenegro, and said he would continue to seek a close relationship with Serbia after independence.

4.  Macedonia has also declared itself an independent state, and Serbia and Montenegro have declared the formation of a joint independent state.

5.  A top U.S. envoy urged pro-independence Montenegrin leaders Friday to negotiate with Serbia to reshape their joint Yugoslav state.

6.  Djukanovic says Montenegro, because of its size, can never be equal to Serbia in a joint state.

7.  Djukanovic has insisted that Montenegro can never be equal to Serbia in a joint state and that it can achieve democracy and prosperity quicker without its dominant partner.

8.  In the current Yugoslav configuration, consisting of Montenegro and dominant Serbia, the two republics have been in conflict over economic and social reforms of the joint state.

9.  Kostunica, however, said he was optimistic that the joint state will be preserved.

10.  Some politicians have suggested that Serbia and Montenegro should negotiate a peaceful end to their joint state and go their separate ways.