 In 1995 with Serb forces losing ground in Croatia and Bosnia to a Croat and Croat-Bosniak military offensives and NATO airstrikes, Amfilohije addressed the Montenegrin parliament and called for them to abandon support for Milošević and to remove their sanctions against Bosnian Serbs.Due to his opposition toward Milošević, Amfilohije for a short time found common ground with Milo Đukanović when in 1997 the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS) became divided into pro and anti Milošević groups.Amfilohije gave blessings to Đukanović when he became Montenegrin president in January 1998.