(AP) "I would be happy to be proved wrong but I do not expect MAP for Georgia and Ukraine," said NATO spokesman James Appathurai, referring to the Membership Action Plan sought by the two former-Soviet republics.
Appathurai said allies were working on a "forward thinking" statement that would give Ukraine and Georgia the prospect of a membership track later. "It's not a question of whether but when," he told a news conference after the dinner that opened the three day meeting in the Romania.