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Georgia-NATO cooperation to be reflected in Alliance’s summit declaration

Georgia Materials 29 February 2012 17:23 (UTC +04:00)
At the NATO summit in Chicago, cooperation between Georgia and NATO will be reflected in a special declaration, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Georgian Rustavi-2 Television.
Georgia-NATO cooperation to be reflected in Alliance’s summit declaration

Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb. 29 / Trend N.Kirtzkhalia /

At the NATO summit in Chicago, cooperation between Georgia and NATO will be reflected in a special declaration, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Georgian Rustavi-2 Television.

Rasmussen was in Washington at annual seminar, where preparation procedures for the NATO summit were discussed.

He said that the summit declaration will reflect Georgia's participation in the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. He noted the question of inviting new countries to the alliance is not on the agenda, but Georgia's participation in Afghanistan's peacekeeping operations and reforms will be assessed.

"Naturally, we will again present an open door policy at the summit. As for Georgia, it has achieved significant success. We appreciate the cooperation with Georgia and in particular its large contribution to the operation in Afghanistan. All this will be reflected in the summit declaration," Rasmussen stated.

At a press conference, the NATO Secretary General praised the work of the coalition forces in Afghanistan, highlighting the victims among military peacekeepers. Following the death of Georgian military, the coalition had lost a few more soldiers. According to Rasmussen, in spite of this, the alliance has to fulfill its mission to the end.

Rasmussen also touched upon relations with Russia, saying that the alliance could not agree on the missile defense system in Europe, and because of this the NATO-Russia Council meeting would not take place in Chicago.

"I think if Russia fails to agree on a missile defense, the NATO-Russia Council meeting within the Chicago summit will not take place," he said.

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