Georgia asks NATO for protection from Russia

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Georgia asks NATO for protection from Russia

US Ambassador Richard Norland assured: the West will not leave Georgia. Photos from the official website of the US Embassy in Georgia


A petition to the leadership of NATO is being worked out at the highest levels of the Georgian government so that it accelerates the country's admission to the alliance as much as possible. The Georgian leadership, preoccupied with the Crimean scenario, is trying to minimize the risks. Tbilisi can count on the traditional support of the United States, Poland and the Baltic countries. However, there are still no signs that Germany and France can change the position - perhaps the main opponents of Georgia’s admission to NATO at this stage.

In reality, what Georgia can count on at the summit of the heads of states of the North Atlantic Alliance, which will be held in early September in Wales, is the receipt of the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP). This is the final stage, which precedes the entry of a candidate country into the coalition. But Tbilisi, extremely concerned about the events in Ukraine, will try to convince Western partners of the need to join NATO now.

State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Aleksi Petriashvili believes that the leadership of the bloc, realizing the increased level of threats, should meet Georgia.

With such hopes, however, the assessment of the situation by the US ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland is somewhat discordant. “I know that Georgia is afraid of repetition stories. It is important to work together to avoid this ... The international community is working together on this topic. And Georgia is part of the international community, and we have common goals, ”he said at a meeting with Georgian journalists.

Not receiving firm guarantees from the West these days to provide protection in the event of forceful actions on the part of Russia, the pro-Western part of the Georgian public has become agitated in earnest. Former Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze was marked on his Facebook page with a sarcastic statement: “Condolences to the West in connection with the demise of international law. We will miss him very much! It was weak ... very often he had no answers to the questions, but still it was necessary and by its existence brought peace to this crazy world. ” Along the way, Vashadze “congratulated” the current Georgian authorities on “the new foreign policy doctrine of Russia, which is called“ on the limited sovereignty of the post-Soviet countries, ”and recommended“ wait for quick instructions from Mr. Karasin (Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, in particular, to improve relations with Georgia - “NG”) ”.

Another recommendation of the former Foreign Minister of Georgia to the authorities sounds absolutely serious: we must do everything possible to immediately join NATO, and not be happy about the possibility of obtaining a MAP.

More radically sound expert opinions and comments of prominent members of the public, published on the same Facebook. They are dominated by the requirement for the authorities to dot the i's in relations with NATO: the question of what else Russia can do with Georgia, recognizing the sovereignties of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, lost its meaning after the events in Ukraine — Russia, whose army is in several dozens of kilometers from Tbilisi, will do whatever it wants. If, under the current real threat, Western partners are not going to take Georgia under protection, take it into NATO, then let them stop fooling with endless promises - Georgia will have to find a way out on its own, but the Georgian guys will stop dying for Western ideals in Afghanistan. This perception of reality seems to be beginning to prevail in Georgian society.

An expert on military issues Vakhtang Maisaya confirmed the pattern of such disappointment of society by the West. “The MAP that Georgia can receive at the summit of NATO Heads of State in Wales, although it is the final stage of joining the alliance, does not indicate the very date of entry. The implementation of the plan can be delayed for years - the graduate country should harmonize its legislation with the laws of NATO members, align the political line, military policy and military construction, the economic level, as well as the level of information security, ”said NG Maisaya. But the solution to this five-level task, according to the expert, does not guarantee prompt admission to NATO, since "there are other aspects." He did not specify which ones, but probably they should be understood as the claims of Georgia for the restoration of territorial integrity.
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  1. Tumbleweed
    +31
    20 March 2014 12: 12
    All the mongrels realized that Ukraine was being "dumped". Everyone who barked at Russia for a long time (Shprotlyandii, Poland, Georgia ...) realized that their owner had left them alone with the Russian bear, awakened by hysterical barking laughing
    1. +13
      20 March 2014 12: 14
      Something I do not understand the Georgian comrades? They refused from South Ossetia or something ???
      1. +2
        20 March 2014 12: 32
        Quote: Arberes

        Arberes


        Today, 12: 14

        ↑ ↓ New


        Something I do not understand the Georgian comrades? They refused from South Ossetia or something ???
        what is unclear here the beggars are asking for money
        1. Quantum
          0
          20 March 2014 12: 38
          They want to join NATO, otherwise they are tired of wearing cast-offs from the US Army.
          Now, the EU will have to fork out.
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      3. IGS
        +3
        20 March 2014 13: 11
        What you can’t do from fear laughing for joining NATO will have to not only recognize sovereignty, but also to demarcate the borders.
      4. saber1357
        0
        21 March 2014 00: 41
        Yes, they have a complete clinic with logic in this 52nd state of GeorgiaAlwaysOnMyMind. See for yourself: "..." there are other aspects. "He did not specify which ones, but probably they should be understood as Georgia's claims to restore territorial integrity." Paaazvayte, every deer in the tundra, heard that NATO with such problems as violated territorial integrity, by definition, is not accepted. So this is all info-smoke in its purest form.
    2. +3
      20 March 2014 12: 26
      We must take it, you noticed that wherever they make wine, our Crimea, Moldova, there are options, Georgia is also on the way, there is also Karabakh but there are allies.
  2. +9
    20 March 2014 12: 13
    It didn’t work in Abkhazia and Crimea ... again they are in a hurry to step on the rake ...
    1. +5
      20 March 2014 12: 38
      All their life they have a rake race !! laughing
      1. +1
        20 March 2014 12: 51
        It's time to hand them the cup: "Golden rake on fucking."
  3. Volodya Sibiryak
    +2
    20 March 2014 12: 14
    Are these the ones squealing again?
    1. W1950
      +4
      20 March 2014 12: 18
      They are afraid that we will expropriate the Borjomi plant from them.
      1. 0
        20 March 2014 20: 10
        Quote: W1950
        They are afraid that we will expropriate the Borjomi plant from them.

        I don’t know what it was they suddenly scared? But judging by the comment, they want to attack Ossetia and Abkhazia again, isn’t it enough once?
        assessment of the situation by US Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland. “I know that in Georgia they fear a repeat of history.

        Paranoia is a serious matter, is there an epidemic in them in the USA?
  4. +5
    20 March 2014 12: 16
    laughing Oh, surfaced, I began to forget about them already
    1. avg
      +2
      20 March 2014 13: 24
      Quote: darksoul
      Oh, surfaced, I began to forget about them already

      They got into the Russian market early with Borjomi and wine. And about who started this war, they stopped reminding.
  5. Gagarin
    +4
    20 March 2014 12: 16
    But the land is long-suffering, there is no peace for Georgians.
    The USA is preparing Georgia with the next gift!
    1. +1
      20 March 2014 12: 30
      The USA is preparing Georgia with the next gift!


      Break off soldier
      1. +2
        20 March 2014 14: 37
        Why break off? If the question arises about the real entry of Georgia into NATO (what if admission rules change?), Ossetia and Abkhazia will become part of Russia for their own security. So there will be another gift!
        1. 0
          21 March 2014 02: 51
          Because we are here)))
  6. +19
    20 March 2014 12: 17
    Panic swept the world! These evil, menacing Russians have woken up and are walking! They are approaching ....
    I hear their menacing steps ...
    Interestingly, Hollywood will delight us with the next movie hit about the formidable Russian exciting USA, the globe and the universe?

  7. +4
    20 March 2014 12: 17
    To become a "member" of NATO, who will "push where they feel sorry for their own" ... This is the great dream of all Georgians. Are they really expecting an attack from the Russian Federation? Rave.
    1. +4
      20 March 2014 12: 45
      And I began to hope that finally in Georgia sane people came to power! No.
  8. russianskijbelarus
    +3
    20 March 2014 12: 20
    the usa said they would not leave Georgia. Georgia's "friends" will also not allow history to repeat itself ...
    After all, then “too little” Orthodox blood was shed.
    hydoras ...
  9. +3
    20 March 2014 12: 23
    Yes, Georgia is not needed for nothing, and don’t have money
  10. +8
    20 March 2014 12: 23
    Nato, run while you're safe ...
  11. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 23
    About hysteria, how are you in demand lately.
    NATO would digest everyone, but current is not a task, NATO is afraid to fight with the Russians, how will it defend it?
  12. mihailmpmailru
    +1
    20 March 2014 12: 24
    Quote: ale-x
    The international community is working together on this topic. And Georgia is part of an international community, and we have common goals ”- he said at a meeting with Georgian journalists.

    Here their common goals are noteworthy - what question?
  13. +9
    20 March 2014 12: 25
    "Our mister Obama! You sent dry rations to Ukraine, give us a batch of new ties! Your loyal Saakogruzins"
  14. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 27
    And where did the Georgian tribes dump so much ... from?
  15. +5
    20 March 2014 12: 27
    As it was, proud Georgians fled faster than fallow deer. Russia moved a little, and their diarrhea struck. Yes, wonderful things are your Lord.
  16. +2
    20 March 2014 12: 27
    Put article minus. A loud headline, but in fact there is not a single official statement. Some sort of colossal rumors and fantasy of the author.
    1. +1
      20 March 2014 12: 29
      Quote: melan
      Put article minus. Loud headline

      Yes, everything is correct one and the same.
      1. 0
        20 March 2014 13: 59
        do you know how to write Russian in Russian, doom, and then do it, sow, and where do you find the wretched?
  17. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 28
    They want the Americans to buy them for Russia.
  18. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 31
    As they say, without touching gov .. but it does not smell. And then they stirred, and here it climbed from all the cracks
  19. 0
    20 March 2014 12: 32
    And to take away some of that bite, Ossetia and Abkhazia right away, to explain the bite to the bite of very few regions very much. You won’t stand still-feast of the RUSSIAN soul to continue!
  20. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 34
    Nosy mushrooms overeat again !!! belay Then they are on their knees asking for forgiveness, then again the pug on the elephant barks !!! am
  21. +4
    20 March 2014 12: 35
    The best way to protect any country from Russia is to stop escalating anti-Russian hysteria and begin to cooperate normally in all areas. Do not touch Russia and the Russians - no one will touch you ...
    1. IGS
      +1
      20 March 2014 13: 16
      Better not say.
      PS I’m only interested in who put you a minus laughing
      1. yustas
        +2
        20 March 2014 13: 30
        Quote: IGS
        PS I’m only interested in who put you a minus

        Good day!
        I think minus slammed either Georgians or valiant NATO =)
        1. IGS
          0
          20 March 2014 17: 58
          hi Good day. Yes, I somehow forgot ..laughing
          "- You are an aggressive Russian people! Why did you attack the Swedes near Poltava !?"
          M.N. Zadornov
  22. 0
    20 March 2014 12: 36
    First you need to ask Russia, otherwise it will turn out like in Ukraine !!!))) laughing
  23. 0
    20 March 2014 12: 36
    It seems that power in Georgia is new, but insanity is the same! laughing
    1. 0
      20 March 2014 20: 18
      Quote: Allex_B
      It seems that power in Georgia is new, but insanity is the same! laughing

      This is not insanity, just one actor left, another came, but the role remains the same, the difference is how he will play it ...
      the requirement for the authorities to put an end to “i” in relations with NATO prevails: the question is what else can Russia do with Georgia,

      Select Adjara with Batumi ...
  24. +3
    20 March 2014 12: 38
    It’s time for Georgians to begin to study their own history. Over the centuries, Georgia has been looking for someone to lean against, to surrender, so as not to completely disappear, who rose, then the Georgians are right there, the master has weakened, they are again looking for overlords. Finally, the turn came to us, but as soon as we sank, we immediately ran to look for someone stronger. No need to be offended by them, such a nature, God be their judge. Just feel sorry for them if they make a mistake.
    1. +1
      20 March 2014 13: 25
      Yes, it’s not only Georgians, the Baltic mongreas are the same, they were always looking for a master, so that he stroked them, kicked them under the ass, and threw a bone.
  25. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 39
    I am sorry for Georgia, according to the statements of their leadership, it seems that they are again dreaming of arranging a small war for the unification of great Georgia, otherwise why should they be afraid? Georgia, in my opinion, is a completely hopeless acquisition for Russia, if winemaking would have been developed, etc., so don’t give in to NATO, but don’t forget to spit in Russia, or maybe they’re just afraid of their own people?
  26. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 39
    Zhirik said on the radio that it would not be bad, after the Crimea, to join Batumi with all Adjara to the federation.
  27. rashid
    0
    20 March 2014 12: 40
    a bottle of Borjomi 0,75l costs 93 rubles. yes let them get drunk, their own water or not? Right now Onishchenko will find amoeba feces in the water and that’s it, the tap is shut off
  28. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 40
    It’s time for the developers of Call of Duty to release the next shooter, where the main character, the Russian Soldier, brings out a shooter in geyrops and the surrounding area!
  29. 0
    20 March 2014 12: 41
    Tbilisi can count on the traditional support of the USA, Poland, the Baltic countries.


    Especially the Baltic countries are a bastion and hope !!! laughing
    1. +2
      20 March 2014 12: 55
      Are you laughing? But how to stop the import of sprat ... crying All then we wash ourselves with tears. lol
      1. +1
        20 March 2014 14: 07
        Oh yeah !!! Than whips will have a bite! ??? Likely western fat !!!!!!
  30. skyil
    +1
    20 March 2014 12: 41
    As soon as all the chameleons appeared, it would become easier to look and breathe. And about Georgia, the author has bent something, does he really know the opinion of the people?
  31. 0
    20 March 2014 12: 41
    Well, if they call another street, already in honor of Obama, there is an option that they will get into NATO. laughing
  32. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 43
    When they’re scared ... They realized that Ukraine’s sashka had profiled, they were afraid that their turn had come. Not Russophobia needs to be developed, but normal relations.
  33. buser
    0
    20 March 2014 12: 45
    why should they join NATO ??? The "young NATO members" would create their own military alliance and go ahead with the song - "NATO said" must ", the YUNNAT members said" be done "...
  34. kelevra
    0
    20 March 2014 12: 47
    These still paranoid mouths were opened, it was not very visible to them in 2008!
  35. +5
    20 March 2014 12: 48
    This is a masterpiece in general: "Georgia will have to look for a way out on its own ..." That is, if Georgia is not accepted into NATO, it will independently tear up the Russian Armed Forces, which are 70 km from Tbilisi, and then the United States will come to Afghanistan without the valiant Georgian zoldat full of kapets? Did I understand everything correctly? what
  36. rumatam
    0
    20 March 2014 12: 54
    but who do they need these loafers?
  37. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 54
    Dry rations from Uncle Sam left for Kiev, and George ... sorry, ties will be delivered to Georgia. The right thing, by the way.
  38. +1
    20 March 2014 12: 55
    "Former Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze wrote on his Facebook page with a sarcastic statement:" My condolences to the West in connection with the demise of international law. We will miss him very much! It was weak ... very often he did not have answers to questions, but still it was necessary and by its existence brought peace to this crazy world "

    Io, when the West headed by the United States messed up - it was normal, there was order, and now everything became different when the Russians took OWN?
  39. 0
    20 March 2014 12: 57
    Who needs Georgia, with its leadership popping its cheeks
  40. +2
    20 March 2014 13: 00
    Yes, Ivanishvili slightly improved relations, Georgian goods appeared on the shelves in Russia - apparently by this we humiliate Georgia in the eyes of the world community. We must apologize and again close the border for entry and the market for goods from Georgia. Then everything will normalize and there will be happiness for them.
    What kind of NATO are they - or can we already accept South Ossetia and Abkhazia as part of Russia?
  41. +2
    20 March 2014 13: 05
    As in the song: "And a butterfly with its wings byak-byak-byak-byak ...". Obviously, the treasury has been plundered and new handouts are needed, supposedly for defense from these terrible Russians. fellow
  42. 0
    20 March 2014 13: 20
    The Georgian leadership is stupidly afraid that their anti-people regime will end soon! Indeed, in the current situation, Georgia is quite easy and SAMA can go over to the side of the Russian Federation, and politicians want to go beyond the point of no return by putting the people into slavery to their masters from the United States ....... and there is a risk of polite people (in any case, Georgian politicians think so)
  43. 0
    20 March 2014 13: 26
    All these small countries are hysterical. They use the opportunity and anti-Soviet hysteria in the West to remind themselves. Shout louder, gentlemen! Moscow will also hear you, and you will spend the rest of your life in London.
  44. +1
    20 March 2014 13: 41
    Yes, we do not need these black-asses! They spoiled these Georgians in Stalin's time, and now everything has fallen into place. Let their Americans and keep them — they can do nothing more than balabol !!!
  45. +1
    20 March 2014 13: 46
    I don’t know how anyone, but I'm sorry that Georgia broke away. Without them, all the same, somehow something is wrong, something is missing. Guys Georgians, well, this NATU, along with Geyropiya and SShopiya, let's better in the TS. After all, they lived together for so many years. I am sure that the trouble will subside, and we will be together again.
  46. 0
    20 March 2014 14: 10
    They are afraid of the Crimean scenario, because Georgians can also convene a referendum and return to a normal, calm life.
  47. 0
    20 March 2014 14: 18
    With these, what suddenly started diarrhea? they didn't seem to be told anything.
  48. 0
    20 March 2014 14: 54
    Quote: Sochi
    With these, what suddenly started diarrhea? they didn't seem to be told anything.

    Probably pin Dosa new Saakashvili managed to prepare
  49. Artem1967
    0
    20 March 2014 14: 56
    Already obroz ... smiling! They also want to bark at the bear, and so that they don’t have anything for it. Interestingly, NATO will harness for all these boobies in Kiev and Tbilisi?
  50. 0
    20 March 2014 17: 40
    Quote: Artem1967
    Already obroz ... smiling! They also want to bark at the bear, and so that they don’t have anything for it. Interestingly, NATO will harness for all these boobies in Kiev and Tbilisi?


    No, NATO will not go into a direct clash with Russia, they don’t need such happiness. By their own will, under pressure from the USA, they can’t send either. to unleash a civil war, although they have not enough resources, they will have enough against an unarmed population. In the USA, another wedding is planned, the bombing of Syria, then mopping up, here they will show themselves in all their glory.
  51. 0
    20 March 2014 17: 47
    Georgia asks NATO for protection from Russia

    It's too early to crap one's pants... what I thought they would hold out a little longer... lol
  52. Leshka
    0
    20 March 2014 19: 16
    No comments wassat
  53. 0
    22 March 2014 18: 13
    Old songs about the main thing!!!!

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