March 27, 2008 - 16:40 AMT
Georgia: is NATO capable to act independently?
Russia's attitude about granting Georgia a NATO Membership Action Plan is not only our problem. We wonder whether NATO is capable to act independently, Georgian Foreign Minister David Bakradze said in Brussels.
"'No' in Bucharest will be very clearly seen by some people in Moscow as their success, and it will be very clearly seen in Moscow that they have indirect veto right on NATO decisions," Bakradze told reporters before visiting NATO headquarters. "The major problems for Georgia's integration in NATO are unresolved conflicts and Russia."
"If NATO opens up to Georgia and Ukraine, it will help end the separatist conflicts and boost stability in the whole Black Sea region," he insisted, Prime News reports.