Department of State: The United States continues to support NATO’s decision in the 2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration that Georgia and Ukraine will become NATO members

The United States continues to support NATO’s decision in the 2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration that Georgia and Ukraine will become NATO members. The above is said in the November 29 fact sheet, released by the US Department of State ahead of NATO Foreign Ministerial in Riga.

“The United States continues to support NATO’s decision in the 2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration, reaffirmed ever since, including in the June 2021 Brussels Summit, that Georgia and Ukraine will become NATO members. These countries’ Annual National Programs (ANP) detail their path to membership.

Already, both Georgia and Ukraine are members of the Enhanced Opportunities Partnership (EOP), which elevates their interoperability and training opportunities alongside NATO Allies”, reads the statement.

According to the statement, "NATO leaders are committed to NATO’s Open Door Policy, which provides a path to membership for any European country that shares our values and meets the necessary responsibilities and obligations. At the NATO Summit in June, we reaffirmed our unity on this."