US gives way on Nato for Georgia and Ukraine

Article reports that Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has pulled back, November 2008, from the country’s goal of putting Georgia and Ukraine in Nato’s membership action plan (MAP) after opposition from some of the alliance’s European members. An issue which had been expected to dominate the Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, NATO HQ, Brussels, 2-3 December 2008.

Russia Today, 4.12.08: Moscow-NATO relations warming http://rt.com/news/

NATO: NATO’s relations with Georgia http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_38988.htm

NATO: NATO-Ukraine relations http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_37768.htm

ESO: Background information http://www.europeansources.info/record/tbilisi-and-kiev-step-up-nato-drive/

EurActiv, 4.12.08: EU and NATO keep Eastern countries at bay http://www.euractiv.com/east-mediterranean/eu-nato-keep-eastern-countries-b-news-220981

NATO: Press Release, 3.12.08: Allies discuss relations with Ukraine and Georgia and send a signal to Russia http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2008/12-december/e1203b.html

Russia Today, 26.11.08: ’Ukraine and Georgia will wait a long time to join NATO’ http://rt.com/news/

NATO: Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, NATO HQ, Brussels, 2-3 December 2008 http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/2008/0812-mfa/0812-mfa.htm

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