Podgorica, (MINA) – The NATO Council Interdepartmental Commission Communication Team launched on Saturday a media campaign aimed at improving informing the public about all the aspects of Montenegro’s NATO membership.
A months-long campaign has been created in line with the Communication Strategy – Montenegro NATO Member, and in partnership with NATO and the UK government experts, with whom Montenegrin government developed its first Communication Strategy.
The Communication Team will, in partnership with the interested media and NGOs, open up topics related to NATO membership that are of interest to the public during this campaign.
“A public opinion poll conducted prior to the development of the Communication Strategy, as well as a research carried out during the preparation of the campaign, carried out by two specialized agencies, showed that most citizens of Montenegro feel safe in their environment, and in Montenegro in general”, it is stated in the press release.
More citizens of Montenegro today feel more secure than they felt before the country became a NATO member, and although citizens are divided in their opinion about the sense of security, a slightly higher proportion of the Montenegrin citizens believe that Montenegro is safer today than it was 10 years ago.
According to the press release, both the advocates and the opponents of Montenegro’s membership in NATO agree that the key membership aspect is the country’s security.
“More citizens believe that Montenegro’s NATO membership has contributed to regional security. The number of the Montenegrin citizens who consider that Montenegro’s NATO membership does not contribute to regional security has declined”, the Council concludes.
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