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date	11/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Montenegro: NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist Montenegro's application to join NATO.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	59579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Following the signing of Montenegro's Accession Protocol last May, the UK was the first major NATO Ally to ratify it in November 2016. The Foreign Secretary met with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Darmanovic in the margins of the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting on 7 December 2016 and reiterated the UK's strong support for Montenegro's accession. He also urged other NATO Allies to ensure that their own ratification processes proceeded as swiftly as possible, to ensure that Montenegro can take its place as the 29<sup>th</sup> member of the Alliance in the first half of 2017.</p><p>In addition to political support, the UK has provided practical assistance throughout the accession process. We have for example continued to provide capacity building support in a range of areas, including strategic communications, public diplomacy and senior defence leadership training. We hope shortly to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that will underpin military cooperation between the UK and Montenegro.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 19/01/2017 16:53:43 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

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date	07/10/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Montenegro: NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK has ratified Montenegro's accession to NATO; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	47202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government laid Montenegro's Protocol of Accession before Parliament on 29 June 2016, under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. Following the summer recess, the Protocol completed its Parliamentary scrutiny period on 15 September. We are currently finalising the process to confirm the UK's acceptance of the Protocol and allow us to deposit it with the US Government (depositary for the Treaty), as stipulated by the North Atlantic Treaty. We expect to complete this shortly and look forward to welcoming Montenegro as the 29th NATO Ally, once all current NATO Allies have ratified according to their own national processes.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/10/2016 15:28:01 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon