Bush backs Ukraine in NATO
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - April 1, 2008 The president, in a speech he plans to give Wednesday at a NATO
summit, will say that beginning that process by giving Ukraine and
Georgia a membership action plan would encourage both to stay on
the path of democracy. Also, it would let them know they will be
welcomed into the institutions of Europe.
Bush is saying, "It would send a signal throughout the region
that these two nations are, and will remain, sovereign and
independent states." Germany and French oppose putting Ukraine and
Georgia on the NATO path now.
Parts of Bush's speech were released Tuesday.