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| Rice Joins NATO Talks on Ukrainian Membership |
| 2005-04-21 |
| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other NATO foreign ministers held the alliance's first major meeting on former Soviet soil on Thursday, planning to offer Ukraine fast-track membership talks. But NATO officials said the ministers would stop short of setting a target entry date at their talks in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius for fear of annoying Russia. ... There have been calls for Ukraine to be given NATO membership within five years. But alliance diplomats fear a rush toward entry could raise tensions with Russia and alienate many Ukrainians in the former Soviet republic's pro-Moscow east. Rest at link. |
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| #1 What we need is NATO talks on French expulsion. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-04-21 8:50:22 PM |