NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has expressed his solidarity with Georgia after its war with Russia over the two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
De Hoop Scheffer said he was in Georgia to set up a new commission to discuss security in the region and to help enhance the relationship between NATO and Georgia. However, he could not say if Georgia would be offered a route to NATO membership at an alliance summit in December. His two-day visit comes as the European Union agreed to send Czechs reiterate support for Georgia's territorial integrity ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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