Ceremony to mark 🇲🇪 Montenegro's accession to NATO, 07 JUN 2017
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2017
- The flag of Montenegro was raised at NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (7 June 2017) in a special ceremony to mark the country’s accession to NATO.
Montenegro joined the Alliance on 5 June 2017, when the instrument for its accession to the Washington Treaty (or the North Atlantic Treaty) was formally deposited with the US State Department.
Montenegro became NATO’s newest member on Monday (5 June 2017), upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the US State Department in Washington DC. At a ceremony marking the occasion, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined that Montenegro’s accession to the Alliance contributes to international peace and security, and sends a strong signal that NATO’s door remains open. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Duško Marković and by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Srdjan Darmanović and was hosted by the United States Undersecretary for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon.
"Today, Montenegro joins NATO with a seat at the table as an equal, with an equal voice in shaping our Alliance, and its independence guaranteed," the Secretary General said. Mr. Stoltenberg noted that NATO will benefit from Montenegro’s insight into the Western Balkans "and the professionalism, bravery and dedication of its men and women in uniform". He stressed that NATO’s collective pledge, Article 5, has kept Allies safe for almost seven decades.
Allied Foreign Ministers signed Montenegro's Accession Protocol in May 2016, after which all 28 national parliaments voted to ratify Montenegro's membership. A flag-raising ceremony for Montenegro will take place at NATO Headquarters on 7 June 2017.
Today marks NATO's first enlargement since 1 April 2009, when Albania and Croatia joined the Alliance.
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GOD BLESS Montenegro
welcome Montenegro to the most powerful alliance NATO..
Congratulations. Best regards from Lithuania.
Montenegro has a really cool flag
Awesome, very beautiful thing. Thanks to NATO and may Montenegro and NATO Long Live and Strong
Congratulations Montenegro.
Thank you
Good timing.
I'm impressed that such a small country like Montenegro had the balls to actually ask to join NATO.
The smallest country to join NATO is Luxembourg, only 998 square miles. So from any location in Luxembourg, the nearest border is less than 16 miles away.
It's nice to see not just another country joining NATO, but a country that from the symbol on the flag, resembles Russia and Russian communism. Like such a country taking a 180-degree turn from allying with Russia to allying with NATO.