(Kooperationen) NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Moscow says relationship will change if Ukraine and Georgia join NATO

MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 13, 2005
Russia will change its policies toward Ukraine and Georgia if the former Soviet republics join NATO, said the Russian defense minister Tuesday during a visit to Berlin.

"To integrate or not into NATO is the right of any sovereign state. But that will mean that our relations toward them will have to change, and not just in the area of defense and security," said Sergei Ivanov, quoted by the Interfax news agency.
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Das waren recht deutliche Worte...
Für die NATO könnte das auch bedeuten : "bis hier hin und keinen Schritt weiter"