NATO PA declaration urges alliance leaders to back Georgia’s hope of joining NATO

Parliamentarians from the NATO nations have appealed for Alliance leaders on Monday to continue providing strong political and practical support to Georgia in the process of NATO integration and to advance the further political dimension of the country’s NATO membership process.

In a declaration at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Poland, lawmakers called on alliance leaders "to reaffirm the Allies’ condemnation of Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea, the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine, and the ongoing occupation of Georgian and Ukrainian territories, and their unwavering support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and Ukraine in their internationally recognised borders.”

On the other hand the declaration urged alliance leaders to show unity at the Brussels summit in July and demonstrate that the organisation remains credible in the face of security threats headed by Russia and terrorism.