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09:44, April 04, 2008 |
Polish President Lech Kaczynski said Thursday that Ukraine and Georgia were entering a direct road to the NATO's Membership Action Plan (MAP).
"NATO leaders have agreed to Ukraine and Georgia entering the direct road to the MAP," Polish news agency PAP quoted Lech Kaczynski as telling journalists in Bucharest on Thursday.
According to the Polish president, a clear declaration was voiced during the NATO Summit debates that Ukraine and Georgia would become NATO members.
Lech Kaczynski stressed the main target of Poland's delegation was to invite the two countries to the MAP. He added Poland managed to achieve a lot though not everything it planned.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said NATO declaration concerning future membership of Ukraine and Georgia was a success of all allied countries.
Defense Minister Bogdan Klich stated that a clear perspective of Ukraine and Georgia membership was the biggest success of the alliance summit in Bucharest.
Earlier in the day President Kaczynski told the NATO council session that the inclusion or non-inclusion of Ukraine and Georgia into MAP would be an important signal sent by the alliance. The president stressed that Poland staunchly supported the two countries bid for MAP.
For now NATO has denied Ukraine and Georgia a path toward membership but said its doors must remain open to other nations in Europe making it clear that enlargement would continue.
Source: Xinhua
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