NATO

Ukraine's membership "distant future" - NATO chief

MOSCOW -- "Ukraine can only submit an application for joining NATO after it conducts all the necessary reforms," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said.

Russia said on Dec. 24 NATO was turning Ukraine into a "frontline of confrontation" and threatened to sever remaining ties with the Atlantic military alliance if Ukraine's hopes of joining it were realised.

"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."

Ukraine's Parliament on Tuesday decided to abandon the country's non-aligned status in favour of building closer ties with NATO.

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Serbian mission chairs informal NATO group

BELGRADE -- Serbia's mission at NATO took over the chairmanship of the SEEGROUP during a meeting held on the ambassadorial level on December 16 at NATO's headquarters.

NATO works to include Balkan youth in security politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is known as one of the toughest leaders on earth calls, him a “tough man.”

He boycotts the official United Nations dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, which had never happened before, and Obama calls him a “strategic partner.”

KFOR is key for regional security, stability

BELGRADE - Serbia has done much over the past ten years in the area of security sector reform, in cooperation with NATO, said the participants of a conference held on Monday as part of the 2nd Belgrade NATO Week.

"NATO membership would improve quality of life"

BELGRADE -- Serbia's cooperation with NATO over the past ten years did much for the area of ​​security sector reforms, as well as in increasing military interoperability.