Nato head attacks EU’s Georgia deal

Report of an interview with the Financial Times by NATO Secretary General, Mr Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 14 September 2008. The deal brokered by the European Union in the previous week for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia was condemned by Mr de Hoop Scheffer as 'not acceptable' because it cededs too much ground to Moscow.

In addition, there is a report of the outcome of the inaugural meeting of the new NATO-Georgia Commission, Tbilisi, 15 September 2008 and a two day visit to Georgia by NATO's North Atlantic Council, 15-16 September 2008.

NATO: Press Release, 11.9.08: NATO-Georgia consultations http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2008/09-september/e0911b.html

NATO: NATO’s relations with Georgia http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_38988.htm

http://www.nato.int/nrc-website/EN/index.html http://www.nato.int/nrc-website/EN/index.html

NATO: NATO-Russia relations http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_51105.htm

NATO: Visit to Georgia by the North Atlantic Council, Tbilisi, Georgia - 15-16 Sept. 2008 http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/2008/0809-georgia/0808-nac.htm

Russia Today, 16.9.08: NATO envoys promise deeper ties with Georgia http://rt.com/news/

Georgia: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: NATO Georgia visit, 15-16 September 2008 http://mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=549

Deutsche Welle, 16.9.08: NATO Reaffirms Georgia Part of Expansion Plans http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3649511,00.html

BBC News, 15.9.08: Nato restates backing for Georgia http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7616576.stm

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