... in the developing “zone of containment” for Russia, stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea, it is the Adriatic-Black Sea segment that should worry Brussels the most in terms of political discipline, bloc loyalty, and security.
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Montenegro’s NATO accession ceremony
First, the Balkan Peninsula has essentially no tradition of confrontation with Russia. Second, over the last 25 years, Moscow has strived to develop harmonious, constructive relations with all countries in the region. The image ...
... well as in Europe as a whole.
This year, the main focus of the discussions was on the issues of combating terrorism, political radicalism, and of managing migration flows in and around Europe. Particular attention was paid to the possible impact of Montenegro’s joining NATO on the regional security.
RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov took part in the work of the Forum and addressed the meeting.
... European security", which was based on the key principle of "indivisibility of security, impossibility of security of one states at the expense of others," and "automatically puts in jeopardy all non-NATO members," said Kosachev.
NATO officially invited Montenegro to join the US-led military alliance earlier on Wednesday during a NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also noted that Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ...
... being discussed again. In your opinion, is this really a possibility in the short run?
Indeed, the NATO summit held in Newport on September 4-5, 2014 gave such discussions a fresh impetus. First of all, this relates to Montenegro. In May-June 2014, Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced the beginning of an “active phase of negotiations”, which is expected to result in the extension of an official invitation to Montenegro to join the Alliance by the end of 2015. It appears ...
