FURTHER EXPANSION OF NATO COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON ALLIANCE VITALITY

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.03.2009 21:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ German Minister of Defense Franz-Josef Jung has
noted that further expansion of NATO could have a negative effect on
Alliance vitality.

"An Open Door Policy should be effected with care toward countries
seeking NATO membership. We must set clear limits for Alliance
expansion in new NATO strategy."

"Granting NATO membership to aspirant countries of Albania and Croatia
is on NATO Jubilee Summit agenda. Macedonia can gain NATO membership
upon settling the country name issue with Greece. Inviting Ukraine
and Georgia to join NATO is still a possibility, as announced at
2008 Bucharest Summit," Saarbrucker Zeitung cited Franz-Josef Jung
as saying.