NATO Day – 4 April celebrated in Montenegro
Published date 04.04.2017 12:23
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Podgorica,
Montenegro (4 April 2017) -- “Marking the 4 April, a day when NATO was
established, will become a tradition, as is marking the Day of the Army of
Montenegro. It is a date that will become part of the history of the future of
Montenegro, as it testifies to the fact that our country is thinking about
itself, its future and the security of its citizens for the first time,”
Minister of Defence Predrag Bošković
said at a ceremony, by which the Ministry of Defence marked the date when foreign
ministers of the United States and 11 Western European countries signed the
North Atlantic Treaty on the establishment of NATO in Washington, D. C. in
1949.
Minister Bošković stressed that the main foreign policy objectives, which are Euro-Atlantic
integration and NATO membership, are being reached in the best way.
“Most importantly, we provide Montenegro with what has often
lacked for centuries, namely peace, stability and security,” Montenegrin Minister
of Defence said.
Once the least developed member state of
the former Yugoslavia, as he reminded, will become a part of community of the most developed
countries, only 26 years after the breakup of the former country, not only from
an economic point of view, but rather from the point of respect for human
rights, rule of law and everything that makes today’s modern society prosperous
and advanced.
This morning, in front of the Ministry of Defence of
Montenegro in Podgorica, NATO flag was solemnly raised next to the Montenegrin one, since this year’s Day of the Alliance is of special importance, in view of
the forthcoming Montenegro’s NATO membership and the Summit in Brussels.
Minister of Defence Predrag Bošković and Chief of the
General Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Ljubiša
Jokić went through the ceremonial gauntlet of members of the Montenegrin
Army Honor Guard and greeted two flags in the presence of members of Minister’s
and Chief’s cabinets.
Ministry of Defence
