He proposed the annexation of Skadar and explained its question, which brought him in great conflict with Nikola Pasic who demanded respect of the international territorial integrity of Albania.
They transported soldiers, food and arms to Skadar trough river Bojana.
Thus, by 1040 his state stretched in the coastal region from Ston in the north, down to his capital, Skadar, set up along the southern banks of the Skadar Lake, with other courts set up in Trebinje, Kotor and Bar.