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‘Dragging’ Montenegro Into NATO Shows Alliance Unable to Create Euro-Policy

© AFP 2023 / JOHN THYSMontenegro's Prime Minister Milo Dukanovic (L) attends a NATO Foreign minister meeting next to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R) at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on May 19, 2016
Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Dukanovic (L) attends a NATO Foreign minister meeting next to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R) at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on May 19, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Russian Envoy to NATO Alexander Grushko said that NATO accepted Montenegro even though the country does not fall in line with all of the bloc's criteria.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Trying to drag Montenegro quickly into NATO is a signal that the alliance is not prepared to work together on the creation of a system of European security, Russian Envoy to NATO Alexander Grushko said Tuesday.

“This shows that the rapid dragging of Montenegro into NATO against the procedures of the alliance itself was a geopolitical project in order to demonstrate that the open door policy is still alive and that it’s needed,” Grushko said during a live video uplink out of Brussels.

Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Dukanovic, right, speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, May 19, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Grushko said that NATO accepted Montenegro even though the country does not fall in line with all of the NATO criteria.

“I think that this is a demonstration that NATO will continue to lean regardless on its own policy of NATO centralism. In a word, this is yet another signal that NATO is unprepared to jointly work on setting up a new system of security in Europe,” Grushko said.

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