Montenegro's NATO membership could now be on ice - report
The election of Donald Trump as the U.S. president could postpone the process of Montenegro's NATO accession, Washington-based website Roll Call is reporting.
Thursday, 01.12.2016.
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Montenegro's NATO membership could now be on ice - report
A member of the Committee from the Democratic Party, Benjamin Cardin, said he was "eager to see the Senate take up the measure before it adjourns next month."“The accession of Montenegro of NATO should be non-controversial, and we still have time to get it done in this lame duck session of Congress. It’s up to the Republican leadership to allow that to happen and I’ve made my views clear that the vote should take place as soon as possible. If we don’t, we play right into Putin’s hands. Putin did everything he could to disrupt the Montenegrin parliamentary elections in an effort to stop the expansion of NATO," Cardin said in a statement for Roll Call.
This statement came "on a day that Corker, who is said to be under consideration for the role of secretary of state in the Trump administration, was visiting Trump Tower in New York to meet with the president-elect, who has emphasized a desire for closer relations with Russia," the website said.
Republican Senator John McCain has been quoted as saying that he wants Montenegro's accession to NATO to be approved this year.
“I’d love to see it happen. I haven’t had a chance to talk to Senator Corker, but I hope that we could act on it as soon as possible," he said.
And while Democratic Senator Chris Coons said he "did not know a cause for delay prompted by Corker or otherwise," Democratic sources "pointed to Corker more than other Republican leaders as the one with immediate responsibility for any delay," adding that he "actually walked away from a resolution planned for the lame-duck session."
Corker's office, according to the article, "did not immediately provide comment."
The Trump transition team also "did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the president-elect would support Montenegro’s NATO accession being approved by the Senate before he takes office on January 20."
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