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Membership those countries included ukraine and georgia but we have been very clear that both of those countries are still on the path of reform we have to ensure that when countries are ready to enter nato store they are ready to contribute to security and defense in the alliance but also to come up to certain standards of democratic principle so what are you waiting for to moscow's taking another bite out of eastern ukraine no what we are waiting for is to see them come up to a certain level of readiness for nato membership. major allies have reiterated the decision we made some years ago th...

Ensure that when countries are ready to enter nato store they are ready to contribute to security and defense in the alliance but also to come up to certain standards of democratic principle so what are you waiting for to moscow's take it another bite out of eastern ukraine no what we're waiting for is to see them come up to a certain level of readiness for nato membership. nato allies have reiterated the. decision we made some years ago that ukraine will become a member of nato that's the bucharest summit the 2nd that still stands at some point at some time it's up to ukraine to decide who th...

Is to be depeco mended for underscoring this in his unique way and now finally starting to agree to that. but there were other things that were lost as far as that meeting was concerned. and i would like for you to talk about those for a few minutes. number one is on the deterrent side to increase nato readiness and speed up the time it takes allies to assemble and deploy forces. and that is a huge step forward. the efforts to improve mobility and establish a process to enhance the speed at which nato can make decisions, they fight against terrorism and increase the allied resilience against t...

Unique way and actually getting them to start talking about it and now finally agreeing about it. there were other things that were lost. i'd like you to talk about those things for a few minutes. first, speeding of the time it take allies to assembly and deploy forces. that's a huge step forward. the efforts to improve mobility and establish a process to enhance the speed in which nato can make decisions. they fight against terrorism and increase in allied resilient against terrorist threats through a new frame work to share. finally, an opportunity for macedonia to join nato and fulfill a pr...

For ten years, the russian democrats did everything they could to convey the message to the west that if we were interested in the future of democracy in russia, the last thing we should do is expand nato. first wave of nato expansion comes in 1999. guess when vladimir putin first comes on to the political scene in moscow. let's talk about 2008 and the bucharest summit in which nato membership is raised for georgia and the ukraine. the georgian war comes soon after that. and in 2014, the big issue on the agenda with the ukraine was whether it was going to move closer to europe and the eu. >> p...