Romanian, Latvian and Slovenian foreign ministers promise to support Georgia’s integration into NATO
Romanian, Latvian and Slovenian foreign ministers pledged their support for Georgia’s inclusion in NATO at the alliance’s foreign ministers’ meeting in Bucharest on Tuesday.
The officials stressed that their countries remained committed to the 2008 Bucharest summit declaration, which stated that Georgia and Ukraine would be accepted into the bloc if mandatory criteria were met.
We have a very strong and warm feeling towards Georgia and Georgians, as we are very close in terms of thinking and goals,” Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu told the media.
“We have always supported Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. We continue to support the Bucharest Summit Declaration of 2008, which states that Georgia and Ukraine will become members of the alliance when the conditions are met. We strongly support this goal,” he said. .
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Edgars Rinkēvičs, Latvia’s foreign minister, reiterated his support for Georgia’s integration goals and said the bloc’s members are ready to provide support to Georgia in implementing necessary reforms and strengthening its resilience.
The big question now is how to come up with a political plan to fulfill this promise that was made here 14 years ago,” the official said.
In her commentary, Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said that her country is ready to offer Georgia “not only political, but also material and humanitarian aid” on its way to NATO.
We will listen [Georgia’s foreign] minister, what else can be done in the current situation, before winter, before new tensions in the region. So it will be a very important debate,” she said.
Fajonova also said that “it is very important to discuss the consequences of the war in Ukraine with our partners who are at risk and are vulnerable countries”. [to Russian aggression]”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will attend the two-day event, which ends later on Wednesday at the invitation of the alliance.