Montenegro will not hold a referendum on joining NATO

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Montenegro will not hold a referendum on joining NATO
This decision was made and voiced yesterday in local media by the Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic. After the invitation of the North Atlantic alliance to join Montenegro on December 2, the Russian authorities suggested that the government of Montenegro hold a referendum, as it doubts that more than half the country's population is for joining NATO. Probably, this was prompted by the recent protests of opposition parties held in Podgorica.
We do not see for ourselves either legal grounds or political obligations for holding a referendum in the country on the question of the republic's joining NATO, Djukanovic said.
At the moment, the nearest neighbors of Montenegro - Croatia and Albania - are already members of the alliance, and Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are on the list of candidates.
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