Georgia: Moscow’s call to abandon plans for Georgia and Ukraine to join NATO is unacceptable

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers unacceptable the statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, according to which the Russian Federation "considers it necessary to disavow the 2008 Bucharest Summit decision - that Georgia and Ukraine will become NATO members,” the Ministry said.

Reminding that on April 3, 2008, at the NATO Bucharest Summit the leaders of the NATO member states decided that Georgia and Ukraine will become a NATO member, the Ministry said: “The above-mentioned is an extremely important, consensus-based political decision in line with the fundamental principle of international law that all states have the sovereign right to choose their own foreign policy course.”

“Moreover, this decision is based on Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, according to which any European state, which will further the principles of the Treaty and contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area can become a member of NATO,” the Ministry added. (ILKHA)