Accessibility links

Breaking News

Georgia Lobbies NATO For Closer Links


(RFE/RL) BRUSSELS, April 13, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Georgia's ministers for defense, foreign affairs, and Euro-Atlantic integration visited NATO headquarters in Brussels today to ask for an "intensified dialogue" with the alliance, as Ukraine and NATO did last year.


Such a dialogue would amount to a first, tentative acknowledgement of Georgia's membership prospects.


Georgia follows an Individual Partnership Action Plan, which guides reforms but does not commit NATO to offering membership.


A NATO official told RFE/RL today that most allies, led by the United States, support closer cooperation with Georgia.


The NATO official says there is no timetable for Georgia's progress, but said a NATO summit in Riga in November could be a milestone in Tbilisi's quest for a full Membership Action Plan (MAP). A MAP outlines concrete measures needed to prepare an applicant country for NATO membership.

RFE/RL Caucasus Report

RFE/RL Caucasus Report


SUBSCRIBE For weekly news and in-depth analysis on Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia's North Caucasus by e-mail, subscribe to "RFE/RL Caucasus Report."

RFE/RL has been declared an "undesirable organization" by the Russian government.

If you are in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine and hold a Russian passport or are a stateless person residing permanently in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine, please note that you could face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us.

To find out more, click here.

XS
SM
MD
LG