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Why the Nato summit in Vilnius could prove critical
Strength and resolve would be a tremendous gesture towards the Ukrainian people, writes the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. Hesitation will only lead to further escalation of conflict
Tuesday 11 July 2023 16:34 BST
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This week’s Nato summit in Vilnius marks a critical point in the organisation’s history.
Top of the agenda for the 31 member nations will be whether to offer fast-track membership to Ukraine. While eventual membership might seem inevitable, there’s also a nagging sense that we’ve been here before.
In early 2008, in my second term as president of Georgia, I was standing outside the Oval Office for what I believed would be a final membership blessing from George Bush ahead of a summit of Nato leaders in Bucharest, Romania.
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