NATO foreign ministers gave their green light for Montenegro’s accession to the military alliance Wednesday, despite opposition from Russia, which considers the enlargement a “provocation.”
The integration of the 29th country into NATO is a “historic achievement,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday in Brussels. “Successive rounds of enlargement have enhanced our security.”
Russian officials say the move is a “provocation” and “irresponsible,” seeing it as part of an effort to “contain” Russia.
The tiny state of 650,000 people, which was bombed by NATO in spring 1999, has become a test case of the alliance’s willingness to keep an open door to membership.
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Source: European Voice
