President of the Republic of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili addresses the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) parliamentary assembly meeting in Valencia on November 18, 2008. NATO will continue to support efforts by former communist nations to join the military alliance despite opposition from Russia, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said here Tuesday. NATO suspended meetings with Russia after Moscow launched a military attack August 8 on Georgia in response to a Georgian military offensive to take the rebel region of South Ossetia back under government control. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

President of the Republic of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili addresses the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) parliamentary assembly meeting in Valencia on November 18, 2008. NATO will continue to support efforts by former communist nations to join the military alliance despite opposition from Russia, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said here Tuesday. NATO suspended meetings with Russia after Moscow launched a military attack August 8 on Georgia in response to a Georgian military offensive to take the rebel region of South Ossetia back under government control.

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