NATO ministers are expected on Wednesday to endorse efforts by the tiny Balkan state of Montenegro to join the 28-nation Western military alliance – a membership many analysts say could further strain military and diplomatic ties with Russia.
NATO foreign ministers meeting this week in Brussels are expected to clear Montenegro’s membership application, with an invitation formally offered to the Podgorica government at a NATO summit in July 2016.
Russia has criticized earlier efforts at NATO expansion, which Moscow has described in Cold War terms as a threat to its security.
Croatia and Albania – two other Balkan nations – were the last …read more
Source: Voice of America
