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NATO membership should grow at next summit, Hillary Clinton says

Other News Materials 22 May 2012 00:56 (UTC +04:00)
NATO should expand its membership at the next summit of the military alliance, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday at the start of a meeting with aspirants Bosnia, Georgia, Macedonia and Montenegro at a summit in Chicago.
NATO membership should grow at next summit, Hillary Clinton says

NATO should expand its membership at the next summit of the military alliance, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday at the start of a meeting with aspirants Bosnia, Georgia, Macedonia and Montenegro at a summit in Chicago, DPa reported.

"I believe this summit should be the last summit that is not an enlargement summit," Clinton said. The next meeting of the NATO leaders has yet to be scheduled.

Macedonia is the closest to NATO membership, hindered only by a dispute with Greece over the name of the country. Georgia has also made progress towards accession, but is still expected to resolve differences with neighbouring Russia. Bosnia and Montenegro are working on implementing reforms required by the alliance.

"We know it can be a lengthy and challenging process, but we need to stick with it," Clinton said.

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