NATO Secretary General: the question of membership of Montenegro will consider before the end of the year
The question of membership of Montenegro in NATO will be considered before the end of the year, said on Wednesday the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Jens Stoltenberg.
"We will make a decision on Montenegro before the end of the year," He said, delivering a speech in the U.S. capital. However, He did not discuss the prospect of joining NATO Sweden and Finland, referring to the fact that they are neighbours in his native Norway. According to him, these countries " have the opportunity to submit applications, which will be discussed in a General manner ".
"Every country has the sovereign right to determine their own future," - said Stoltenberg. He noticed that all of the problems on the issue of accession to NATO will be resolved by a particular country and 28 members of the Commonwealth ". According to his statement, "nobody has the right to" intervene in this process.
first of Stoltenberg stated that the Issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO will be considered on a common basis.
Montenegro started to work with NATO on a plan of action of the individual partnership action plan (IPAP) and to conduct an accelerated dialogue on membership since 2008. Thus, according to the latest studies, the opinions of a large number of citizens, the NATO support no more than 40% of citizens of Montenegro.
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