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NATO has so far maintained that Russia does not have a veto over its enlargement to eastern countries. (Photo: nato.int)

Paris, US advisors back Russian veto over NATO enlargement

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

French defence minister Herve Morin on Tuesday (17 March) said any future NATO enlargement must take Russia into account, while a US high-level commission advised President Barack Obama to stop encouraging Georgia and Ukraine to join.

Any expansion of NATO to include countries such as Georgia and Ukraine cannot happen without consultation with Russia, Mr Morin said in an interview for Associated Press, ahead of a parliamentary vote on France's return to the alliance's military structure...

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NATO has so far maintained that Russia does not have a veto over its enlargement to eastern countries. (Photo: nato.int)

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