Podgorica, Montenegro (CNN) US President Donald Trump suggested this week that this tiny Balkan country could be the crucible for a new global conflict.

Montenegro begs to differ.

"We have no intentions whatsoever to start World War III, we are too small for that," the country's foreign minister, Srdjan Darmanovic, told CNN in an exclusive interview. "It was fun to hear about it, actually like a good joke, but we are a very peaceful nation."

The newest NATO member was thrown into the spotlight when Trump described its people as "very aggressive" and warned during an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson on Tuesday.

Carlson questioned why the US should have to defend Montenegro, as required by Article 5 of the NATO treaty.

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