Georgia hopeful for NATO 2022 summit in terms of open door policy
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Georgia is expecting that the NATO 2022 summit in Madrid will make concrete messages on the alliance’s open door policy, Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani stated after the NATO Foreign Ministerial in Riga today.
The Riga Foreign Ministerial made me think that the NATO 2022 summit will be oriented on concrete results for the open-door policy,” Zalkaliani said.
He stated that the foreign ministerial discussed Black Sea security and the contribution of Georgia and Ukraine in this regard.
A number of leaders have stated today that it is important to invite Georgia and Ukraine to Madrid, for the NATO summit next year. It is significant that we are involved in elaborating a new strategy of the alliance which will be approved in Madrid,” Zalkaliani said.
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— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) December 1, 2021
He stated that for the first time over the past several years NATO presented a document which assessed the activities of aspiring countries.
Georgia is highly praised in the documents for its steps made towards the integration into the alliance,” Zalkaliani stated, noting that the approval of the document ‘confirms Georgia is on the right path, and that the country has successfully used all practical instruments provided by the alliance.’
Zalkaliani said that Georgia’s views and short-term plans for NATO integration have been discussed during the ministerial, as well as Georgia’s expectations from NATO member states.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has participated in a meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga today. During the Ministerial Meeting, the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg and the Foreign Ministers of the member states reaffirmed their support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and its Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
Georgian Foreign Affairs Minister David Zalkaliani will take part in a meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga on November 30 and December 1.
The United States continues to support NATO’s decision of the 2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration that Georgia and Ukraine will become NATO members. A day before the NATO foreign ministerial in Riga the Department of State also underscored that ‘these countries’ Annual National Programs (ANP) detail their path to membership’.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that the invitation of Georgia to Riga Summit at the meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) is the recognition of Georgia’s progress as an aspirant country by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said following the meeting of NATO foreign ministers that Georgia and Ukraine are both ‘long-standing and close NATO partners’. Stoltenberg further noted during his press conference that Georgia and Ukraine - both aspiring for NATO membership - contribute to its missions and operations.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has thanked US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for the US’s ‘firm support’ to Georgia at the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Riga on December 1.
Russia has called on NATO member states to rescind the 2008 Bucharest Summit declaration supporting Georgia and Ukraine's bid to become members of the alliance. The statement, issued by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, demanded the security guarantees from the United States and its allies.