NATO and Montenegrin Ministers discuss membership aspirations
On 16 June, the Foreign and Defence Ministers of Montenegro, Milan Rocen and Boro Vucinic, met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the Alliance’s Headquarters in Brussels. Montenegro’s Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) was the main topic on the agenda.
“Since Montenegro joined the Partnership for Peace programme [in 2006], you have made rapid progress,” said the Secretary General in opening the NAC. He said that satisfying progress has been made in defence reforms as well as in consolidating institutions.
During the meeting, NATO Allies thanked Montenegro for its contribution to the NATO-led ISAF mission in Afghanistan and for Montenegro's constructive role to regional peace and stability in the Balkans.
“Finally, let me assure you that we not only appreciate your country’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, we are also determined to continue to assist you,” the Secretary General said.