MOSCOW MUST BE CONSULTED BEFORE ANY FURTHER EXPANSION OF NATO

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2009 18:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Closer ties with Washington, and an olive branch for
Moscow: France’s defense minister on Tuesday laid out French plans to
rejoin a crucial post in U.S.-led NATO, while insisting that Russia
must have a say in constructing European security.

France believes Moscow must be consulted before any further expansion
of the alliance, which the former Soviet states of Georgia and Ukraine
have been looking to join.

"These are things that cannot be decided without speaking to our
Russian neighbor," Morin said. "(Europe’s) security architecture must
be built with Russia," AP cited Morin as saying.