Montenegro Moves Closer to NATO Membership

NATO foreign ministers signed the accession protocol for Montenegro on Thursday.

The decision brings the Balkan country a step closer to membership of the Alliance.

Montenegro would participate in all NATO meetings as an observer as of Thursday, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic in Brussels.

The country will be invited to become the 29^th member of NATO once all Allies have ratified the accession protocol.

NATO foreign ministers invited Montenegro to start accession talks in December 2015.

Montenegro actively supported the NATO-led operation in Afghanistan from 2010 to end-2014 and is now supporting the follow-on mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan security forces.

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