US envoy visits Montenegro to support EU bid as war in Ukraine rages on

US special representative to the Western Balkans Gabriel Escobar during a joint press conference after talks with Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milojko Spajic (Risto Bozovic/AP)

A senior US official visited Montenegro Monday to offer support to the small Balkan nation seeking to join the European Union.

During a press conference in the capital Podgorica, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar said Montenegro should be next in line to join the 27-nation bloc.