US congressmen introduce resolution supporting Georgia
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A bipartisan resolution presented in the United States (US) House of Representatives considers it essential for the US to maintain and increase political, economic, and security support for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including Georgia.
Democrat congressman Steve Cohen and republican congressman John Shimkus introduced the resolution on April 6 expressing strong support for NATO and the countries of Eastern Europe.
The resolution recognises that NATO remains the most important and critical security link between the US and Europe.
It also recognises the US’s strong commitment to the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and democratic development of the countries that have emerged from the former Soviet Union, including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
A copy of the resolution can be found here.
The resolution stresses Russia’s aggressive actions against neighboring members of the NATO Alliance and nearby NATO partner countries, including the occupation of Georgian territory in 2008.
The document also highlights that NATO allies and partners in Central and Eastern Europe have stood alongside the US in joint peace operations around the globe including in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The resolution supports keeping the door to NATO membership open to those countries that are eligible to join the Alliance and meet all the necessary requirements for membership.
"Many former-Soviet Eastern European countries have undertaken considerable political and economic reforms necessary to achieve aspirations for European integration, yet Russia has threatened the sovereignty of these nations. In these uncertain times, our friends in Eastern Europe must not be left behind”, congressman Cohen said.
The resolution was assigned to a congressional committee, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.
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