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NATO invited Montenegro to join the military bloc in December 2015, in its first expansion into Eastern Europe in six years.

The accession talks are currently underway, Djukanovic said. They are expected to wrap up within the next couple of months, to be followed by ratification of Montenegro membership by NATO countries.

Judging by experience of other countries this process [of ratification] takes about a year, Djukanovic noted. Therefore, it can be expected that Montenegro will become a full-fledged NATO member by 2017, according to Djukanovic.

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Djukanovic noted his country had the right to determine its own future. And such step is not directed against anyone else's interests, including those of Russia.

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