Cheney says US committed to Georgia NATO bid

The United States is fully committed to Georgia's bid for membership of the NATO alliance, US Vice President Dick Cheney said on a visit to the Georgian capital. "America is fully committed to Georgia's Membership Action Plan for NATO and to its...

The United States is fully committed to Georgia's bid for membership of the NATO alliance, US Vice President Dick Cheney said on a visit to the Georgian capital.

"America is fully committed to Georgia's Membership Action Plan for NATO and to its eventual membership in the alliance," Cheney said.

"The United States is very pleased with the recent establishment of the NATO-Georgia commission. As the current members of NATO declared at the summit in Bucharest, Georgia will be in our Alliance. NATO is a defensive alliance."

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