BRUSSELS: Nato invited Montenegro on Wednesday to become the 29th member of the US-led military alliance, defying Russian warnings it would be a provocation and threat to stability in Europe.
The invitation to the small Balkan country comes with the West at loggerheads with Moscow over a host of issues, as Nato has responded to the Ukraine crisis with a military upgrade to reassure nervous ex-Soviet states they need not fear a more assertive Russia.
Announcing the move at a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg insisted the “historic” invitation to Montenegro was no one else’s business …read more
Source: theSun