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Tue Apr 2, 2013 6:13 am (PDT) . Posted by:
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Civil Georgia
March 30, 2013
NATO Deputy Secretary General Comments on Georgia'
Tbilisi: NATO sees no difference in the positions of Georgia’s previous and new governments about the country’s Euro-Atlantic integration, Deputy Secretary General of NATO Alexander Vershbow said on March 29.
In an interview with the Ekho Mosvky radio station, Vershbow reiterated that NATO was committed to the 2008 Bucharest summit that Georgia would one day join the alliance.
“But of course Georgia has to continue to demonstrate the commitment to democratic reform and of course to show that it can be a positive contributor to peace and security in the region and globally,” Vershbow said. “They are going through an interesting experience of political cohabitation and recently they seem to have made some progress with some agreements on constitutional amendments.”
Asked whether Georgia’s current government was continuing to pursue NATO integration path, Vershbow responded: “Absolutely, we see no difference in the position of the new government from the previous.”
“They passed a parliamentary resolution that was adopted unanimously that Georgia’s destiny is Euro-Atlantic integration,” he said.
Vershbow said that NATO was also committed to its open door policy.
“Enlargement is still our policy – we have four candidates: Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia; what will happen that depends on their own actions and their own policies,” the NATO Deputy Secretary General said.
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Civil Georgia
March 30, 2013
NATO Deputy Secretary General Comments on Georgia'
Tbilisi: NATO sees no difference in the positions of Georgia’s previous and new governments about the country’s Euro-Atlantic integration, Deputy Secretary General of NATO Alexander Vershbow said on March 29.
In an interview with the Ekho Mosvky radio station, Vershbow reiterated that NATO was committed to the 2008 Bucharest summit that Georgia would one day join the alliance.
“But of course Georgia has to continue to demonstrate the commitment to democratic reform and of course to show that it can be a positive contributor to peace and security in the region and globally,” Vershbow said. “They are going through an interesting experience of political cohabitation and recently they seem to have made some progress with some agreements on constitutional amendments.”
Asked whether Georgia’s current government was continuing to pursue NATO integration path, Vershbow responded: “Absolutely, we see no difference in the position of the new government from the previous.”
“They passed a parliamentary resolution that was adopted unanimously that Georgia’s destiny is Euro-Atlantic integration,” he said.
Vershbow said that NATO was also committed to its open door policy.
“Enlargement is still our policy – we have four candidates: Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia; what will happen that depends on their own actions and their own policies,” the NATO Deputy Secretary General said.
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Tue Apr 2, 2013 6:13 am (PDT) . Posted by:
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Voice of Russia
April 2, 2013
US may launch pre-emptive strike at Russia – Russia’s ex chief of staff
The United States still hasn’t let go of the pre-emptive nuclear strike doctrine against Russia and China, Russia’s former chief of staff Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky said at today’s expert panel in Moscow.
He warned that NATO and US strategies involved preventive attacks, including nuclear strikes at Russia and China, especially since China has been recently getting out of hand.
Gen. Baluyevsky stressed that the NATO missile shield was to protect the United States against possible retaliatory strikes.
“They expect that their opponents will respond with up to 100 missiles, not with 1,500 or 2,000, they are dreaming of being able to intercept the whole bulk of a hundred missiles and make themselves invulnerable after their first strike,” he added.
Washington pours around ten billion dollars a year into building up its global anti-missile defenses. “Some $9-11 billion a year is spent on developing the anti-missile shield,” Yuri Baluyevsky noted.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
Voice of Russia
April 2, 2013
US may launch pre-emptive strike at Russia – Russia’s ex chief of staff
The United States still hasn’t let go of the pre-emptive nuclear strike doctrine against Russia and China, Russia’s former chief of staff Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky said at today’s expert panel in Moscow.
He warned that NATO and US strategies involved preventive attacks, including nuclear strikes at Russia and China, especially since China has been recently getting out of hand.
Gen. Baluyevsky stressed that the NATO missile shield was to protect the United States against possible retaliatory strikes.
“They expect that their opponents will respond with up to 100 missiles, not with 1,500 or 2,000, they are dreaming of being able to intercept the whole bulk of a hundred missiles and make themselves invulnerable after their first strike,” he added.
Washington pours around ten billion dollars a year into building up its global anti-missile defenses. “Some $9-11 billion a year is spent on developing the anti-missile shield,” Yuri Baluyevsky noted.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
