Summary
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday lambasted Russia for trying to "destabilize" the Western Balkans as he declared the region's future was "in the West".
At Wednesday's Adriatic Charter Summit, Pence accused "Moscow-backed agents" of trying to attack Montenegro's Parliament and assassinate then Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic during an election in October last year.
Montenegro joined the military bloc in early June, to the anger of Russia, which considers the country of 620,000 people within its historic sphere of influence.
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