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Montenegro parliament ratifies NATO membership after US approval
April 28, 2017 at 10:53
Critics in the US questioned what benefit a country with a 2,000-strong military will bring to NATO.
Montenegro’s Parliament formally agreed to join NATO – the military bloc that was pounding the tiny Balkan country with bombs just 18 years ago during the Kosovo War. Washington’s consent cleared the way for its membership.
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On Friday, Montenegrin MPs voted 46-0 to become the 29th member of NATO.
Opposition lawmakers boycotted the parliamentary session, while hundreds of protesters gathered outside the parliament building before the vote to express their discontent with the idea of Montenegro joining the alliance.
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