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Parliament's Speaker: Georgia has been waiting in front of NATO's "open door" for 16 years

Shalva Papuashvili, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament

12 July 2024 14:38 (UTC +04:00)

“Georgia has been waiting in front of NATO's "open door" for 16 years, but no further decisions have been made during this period,” said Shalva Papuashvili, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, while evaluating the attitude of the North Atlantic Alliance towards Georgia and Ukraine, APA's Tbilisi correspondent reports.

“The words of Eduard Shevardnadze are still relevant today: a person who stands too long in front of the "open door" can catch a cold from a draught." NATO member states should think that security is ensured not by promises, but by decisions. Unfortunately, as we have seen, no further decisions have been made regarding Ukraine. They repeated what was said about Ukraine and Georgia 16 years ago, that Ukraine can become a NATO member. When and how this will happen is uncertain. Although Ukraine has been fighting for the defense of Europe for more than 2 years. Although the brave people of Ukraine have been on the frontline to stop Russian troops for over 2 years, we have not seen any further decisions regarding Ukraine,” Papuashvili noted.