MONTENEGRO WELCOMES NATO: Ships of the Alliance are coming to Bar harbor

Three ships of NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group TWO will come to the Bar harbor tomorrow, March 18, it was stated from the Department of Defense.

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- This group of ships is working generally at the Mediterranean and Black Sea, it is specialized for the operations of cleaning up mines, but also other devices from the XX century wars. During their stay, they will share their experience in cleaning the shore of old rockets with the  Navy of Montenegro, and all these activities are proposed in order to strengthen inter-cooperativeness, cooperation, and understanding among the partners - it was said in the statement.

It was added that the reporters and journalists will have the opportunity to visit the ships and that the commander of the battle ship Darko Vukovic will address to the press, along with Ramazan Kesgin, the commander of SNMCMG2 battle ship, and the vice-commander of the Headquarters for interventions MARCOM, commodore Arian Minderhud.

Montenegro can expect to become a full member of NATO by the first half of 2017 - stated the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, in the interview for the Russian television Dozd, which was reported by Montenegrin media.

Foto: AP/Tanjug

Replying to the question whether he fears that this will destabilize their relation with Russia, Djukanovic said that Montenegro respects the long history with Russian federation but that they have the right to be independent and to make their own ways for the future.