Saturday, December 6, 2025

Rasmussen stops short of promising Georgia MAP

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Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania (left) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (Photo published on Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen promises that Georgia’s progress will be assessed at the upcoming NATO Summit in Wales, but stops short of saying what the outcome might be.

Many Georgians had reckoned that their country would

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Merkel: NATO not to offer Georgia MAP in September

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German Chancellor Angela Merkal and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Photo published on Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–German Chancellor Angela Merkel says NATO will not offer Georgia a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the upcoming summit in Wales in September.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Monday met Merkel during a visit to Germany.

At a joint

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Georgian minister asks NATO for air defenses

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US Vice President Joe Biden and Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Defense Minister Irakli Alasania asks NATO to install air defenses and other military systems in Georgia.

He made the call in a speech at the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank, on Wednesday.

“Now the West has to seize the

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Georgia's defense minister to meet Chuck Hagel

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Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Defense Minister Irakli Alasania is to meet Chuck Hagel, US Secretary of Defense.

Alasania is on a working visit to the US and plans bilateral meetings at the Pentagon.

According to the Georgian Defense Ministry’s press office,

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Georgian speaker: What will NATO do if Georgia is attacked?

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Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s speaker of parliament says his country could disappear from the world map if abandoned by NATO.

“If Georgia takes step towards NATO, this will cause another aggression from Russia,” Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili said Tuesday

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NATO chief doesn't exclude Georgian membership plan

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Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (NATO photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen does not rule out that the alliance might give Georgia a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the summit in Wales in September.

At a press conference in Brussels yesterday, a journalist from Georgia’s

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NATO chief reiterates support for Georgia's borders

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Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (NATO photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–As NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels and discussed the Ukraine crisis, the alliance’s secretary general underlined that it supports Georgia’s borders.

“At this time, it is more important than ever to stress that the breach of territorial

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Georgians debate Obama's comment on NATO expansion

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Obama’s comments regarding NATO expansion was eagerly debated in Tbilisi Thursday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that there has not been any immediate plans for expansion of NATO’s membership, referring to Ukraine and Georgia.

His statement caused protest and criticism among some in Georgia.

On Thursday,

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Georgian soldiers in NATO-Ukraine military exercise

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Ukrainian soldiers in the joint NATO exercise Saber Guardian, which was launched Friday in Bulgaria. (Photo by Brooks Fletcher/US Army.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian soldiers are participating in a two-week joint NATO-Ukraine military exercise in eastern Bulgaria, 400 km from Crimea.

The exercise, which started Friday. is called Saber Guardian and has been planned for about a year.

It involves 700

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