GEORGIA, UKRAINE UNLIKELY TO BE INVITED TO NATO
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.04.2008 12:25 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ France and Germany were poised to thwart a drive
by President Bush to place the strategically important Black Sea
states of Ukraine and Georgia on track for NATO membership at a tense
alliance summit.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy
are concerned about provoking a crisis with Moscow, which is vehemently
opposed to NATO taking on the two former Soviet republics located
on Russia’s southwestern borders and across key east-west oil and
gas routes.
"I would be happy to be proved wrong but I do not expect MAP for
Georgia and Ukraine," said NATO spokesman James Appathurai, referring
to the Membership Action Plan sought by the two former-Soviet republics
when the summit resumed Thursday.
All 26 allies must agree for the expansion plan to move forward
and talks over dinner Wednesday failed to find a breakthrough, the
AP reports.
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