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Article: NATO officials in Georgia
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- September 15, 2008
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Georgia's president said Monday he hopes a visit from NATO's chief will accelerate his nation's drive to join the Western alliance.
Mikhail Saakashvili said Georgia and NATO should work hard to show that Georgia is "firmly on track" to membership, and to "accelerate" Georgia's integration into what he called the "Euro-Atlantic family."
That is Georgia's proper and rightful place, he said.
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, also speaking in Georgia's capital, criticized Russia but spoke cautiously in remarks before a NATO-Georgia meeting. NATO officials, who are beginning a two-day trip here, will assess "how to further ...