Negotiations on the accession of Montenegro to NATO will be held in February.

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Negotiations on the accession of Montenegro to NATO will be held in February.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that negotiations with Montenegro on joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will begin in the second half of February.

Recall that since its inception in 1949, membership in NATO has increased from 12 to 28 participants

In 2015, we adopted another important decision that contributes to the improvement of stability in the Western Balkans. We formally invite Montenegro to begin negotiations on what would become the 29th member of NATO. Discussion on the accession is scheduled to begin in February. This is a clear message to those who want to join NATO, which says that the Alliance's doors are open, Stoltenberg said at a press conference.

This expansion serves to enhance the security of the Euro-Atlantic. After the Welsh summit in 2014, we entered a period of intensified and focused negotiations with Montenegro, in preparation for the decision in December 2015, when the NATO foreign minister invited Montenegro to begin accession negotiations. The Alliance looks forward to the completion of the accession process and ratification. Following the decision to invite Montenegro, strong reforms in the country followed, which showed commitment to common values ​​and international security. We expect further progress in the reforms and support Montenegro in this process, Stoltenberg said.

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