US Senate has voted overwhelmingly to approve Montenegro as NATO's 29th member. After a procedural vote earlier in the week, the Accession Treaty for the small Balkan nation to join the transatlantic alliance yesterday sailed through on a 97-2 vote. <br/><br/>The measure will now go the White House for formal ratification by President Donald Trump. Till now, 25 other NATO members have ratified Montenegro's accession, a country of 620,000 people seen as a geostrategic ally. The Netherlands and Spain have yet to do so.

US Senate has voted overwhelmingly to approve Montenegro as NATO's 29th member. After a procedural vote earlier in the week, the Accession Treaty for the small Balkan nation to join the transatlantic alliance yesterday sailed through on a 97-2 vote. <br/><br/>The measure will now go the White House for formal ratification by President Donald Trump. Till now, 25 other NATO members have ratified Montenegro's accession, a country of 620,000 people seen as a geostrategic ally. The Netherlands and Spain have yet to do so.