Next month, the U.S. Senate could vote on ratification of Montenegro’s long-standing bid to become 29th member of NATO.
The Alliance officially endorsed the accession bid at its July conference in Warsaw. So far, 19 of 28 NATO allies have officially approved. The endorsement of United States lawmakers could signal others to give the green light for the expansion through their own legislative action.
In an interview with the VOA’s Serbian Service, Montenegro’s President Filip Vujanovic said he hopes that his country’s membership in NATO will be formalized in the first half of 2017. “For us,” he said, “it is important that …read more
Source: Voice of America
