Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to talk about the importance of the Senate's vote to ratify the accession of Montenegro into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. I am confident we will see an overwhelming, bipartisan majority of our colleagues here in the Senate support Montenegro's effort to join NATO. This is in Montenegro's interest, it is in Europe's interest, and it is in the national security interest of the United States. NATO is the most successful security alliance in history, and it is essential to the stability, freedom, and prosperity that Europe enjoys and that the United States has enjoyed, and, really, to that stability that has existed since after World War II. NATO has provided the security and stability for the freedoms we enjoy and the prosperity. Montenegro's accession to NATO will help the alliance become more resilient, and it will deter Russian aggression on Europe's eastern flank, which is why the alliance invited Montenegro to become its 29th member last year. I agree that Montenegro is a small country, but it is geopolitically important. Its membership in NATO will complete the alliance's control of the Adriatic coastline, and that will strengthen NATO's southern border. Since its independence from Serbia 10 years ago, Montenegro has pursued inclusion in Euro-Atlantic institutions, and it has been a good partner to NATO.…”