Tuesday, December 23, 2014

"Citizens should decide on Montenegro's NATO membership"

PODGORICA -- Russia's ambassador to Montenegro says it would be democratic to include citizens in the decision making process on Montenegro's NATO membership.
Andrei Nesterenko also spoke against the argument that membership in the military alliance "means more democracy."
"Let's look at what kind of 'democracy' NATO has brought to Iraq, Libya, and Syria," he told the Podgorica daily Pobjeda.

Despite the fact Montenegro joined western sanctions against his country - a development he described as "disappointing" - Nesterenko said that the Montenegrin-Russian relations "have a positive dynamic after all."

According to the diplomat, western countries "tricked" former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev into agreeing to the unification of Germany, with the promise that NATO would not expand.

"Unfortunately he believed them and there was no agreement that would guarantee these promises," Nesterenko said, and added that the military alliance has since been constantly getting closer to Russia's borders.

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