PODGORICA, Montenegro --Montenegro signed an agreement with the U.S. Monday to destroy outdated weapons as a condition for the Balkan country's eventual admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

"The U.S. has approved some $2 million for the destruction of a large quantity of outdated small arms stocked in Boka Kotorska Bay, including 1,500 anti-aircraft missiles," Montenegrin Defense Minister Boro Vucinic told reporters here. 

Montenegro last year joined NATO's Partnership for Peace program, seen as the first step towards full membership in the military alliance. 

The Adriatic state, which separated from a union with Serbia in mid-2006 following a referendum, must destroy outdated arms in order to comply with NATO standards.

December 03, 2007 12:58 ET