Wednesday, 11 December 2002

GEORGIAN PRESIDENT FORECASTS ACCESSION TO NATO

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Georgia will really join NATO in two or three years, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze stated at today's meeting of the Georgian Cabinet. He called "skeptical broodings" within the country and beyond it that Georgia would need 10 to 15 years for entering this organization, groundless. In his statement, Shevardnadze stressed that Russia "is not against Georgia's accession to NATO" anymore.
Georgia will really join NATO in two or three years, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze stated at today's meeting of the Georgian Cabinet. He called "skeptical broodings" within the country and beyond it that Georgia would need 10 to 15 years for entering this organization, groundless. In his statement, Shevardnadze stressed that Russia "is not against Georgia's accession to NATO" anymore. It is worth mentioning that at the NATO summit in Prague (the Czech Republic), Shevardnadze made an official statement on Georgia's intention to join this organization. (RBC)
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