Latvia backs Georgia's accession into the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO), the Latvian parliament said in a statement on
Thursday.
The statement called for positive comment from NATO members at
next week's summit on Georgia's effort to join NATO. It also urged
NATO leaders to provide further support for Latvia to become a
member of NATO as well as the European Union and cross-Atlantic
organizations at an early date.
The statement said that the unresolved disputes in South Ossetia
and Abhkhazia would deteriorate the region's situation, and
suggests that Russia should participate into resolving the conflict
in a more constructive way.
It stressed that to enter into the Europe-Atlantic incorporation
process, Georgia has carried out reforms in politics, economy,
military and other fields, which has already yielded results.
At the end of this September, NATO announced that it would speed
up the dialogue with Georgia on the country's admission into the
bloc, a key phase to join NATO.
NATO was scheduled to hold a summit in Riga on Nov. 28-29 at
which the relations between the bloc and Georgia would be one of
the major topics of discussion.
(Xinhua News Agency November 24, 2006)
