Poland Says Next NATO Summit Should Invite Macedonia, Montenegro to Join

Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak at Wroclaw Global Forum, June 12, 2015The former Yugoslav republics of Macedonia and Montenegro should be invited to join NATO when it holds its next summit in Warsaw in 2016, Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said on Friday.

Such a move could further fan tensions between the western alliance and Russia, already running high over the crisis in Ukraine.

“It would be excellent news if the invitations could be sent from (the NATO summit in) Warsaw to Macedonia and Montenegro,” Siemoniak told a conference in the Polish city of Wroclaw.

“It seems that the NATO summit in Warsaw, if deprived of this element, will not bring full satisfaction to many nations, including Poland.”

Image: Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak at Wroclaw Global Forum, June 12, 2015