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    Georgia is keen to move closer to the EU and NATO, and the brief war with Russia in August 2008 added momentum. "The way towards the EU and NATO is more open than ever" Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said last month. Full Article at EUbusiness
    The way towards the EU and NATO is more open than ever
    – Mikheil Saakashvili SOURCE: EUbusiness 2 months ago
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EU moves to boost ties with Caucasus nations
  1. While we want to move ahead with the three countries in the South Caucasus, their individual development will decide the speed and scope of our work
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 2 months ago
  2. These countries are sovereign nations and they have the right to choose their own destiny. They have expressed their view for a closer relationship with the EU
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 2 months ago
  3. These are sovereign nations, and our interest is to engage with these countries because they want to engage with us
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 2 months ago
  4. They have their right to choose their own future, not to be restricted by the wishes of everyone else
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 2 months ago
  5. We are ready to prepare the negotiating mandates, on the basis of today's discussion
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 2 months ago

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