Working groups to prepare Georgia for MAP
Georgia and NATO are forming bilateral working groups to prepare the country for the Membership Action Plan (MAP).
"The groups will operate until Georgia becomes full-fledged NATO member state. Their activity will be periodically assessed in Brussels in 26+1 format," said Batu Kutelia, Georgia's Deputy Foreign Minister.
For his part, Foreign Minister David Bakradze said that the working groups will draw up a to-do list. "We should be maximally prepared in December," he said, RBC reports.
During the NATO summit in Bucharest, Georgia's way to NATO was cut by 8 European states, including Germany and France. Georgia was only offered "intensive engagement."
The possibility of granting MAP to Georgia will be considered in December at a meeting of the Alliance's Foreign Ministers.
"The groups will operate until Georgia becomes full-fledged NATO member state. Their activity will be periodically assessed in Brussels in 26+1 format," said Batu Kutelia, Georgia's Deputy Foreign Minister.
For his part, Foreign Minister David Bakradze said that the working groups will draw up a to-do list. "We should be maximally prepared in December," he said, RBC reports.
During the NATO summit in Bucharest, Georgia's way to NATO was cut by 8 European states, including Germany and France. Georgia was only offered "intensive engagement."
The possibility of granting MAP to Georgia will be considered in December at a meeting of the Alliance's Foreign Ministers.
