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US President George W. Bush assured Georgia and Ukraine of US support for both former Soviet states to join the NATO alliance despite Russia's fierce opposition.
"Other nations seek a path to NATO membership, and they have the full support of the United States government," Bush said Friday as he signed NATO accession protocols for Albania and Croatia, bringing them one step closer to membership.
"Today I reiterate America's commitment to the NATO aspirations of Ukraine, Georgia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, and Montenegro," said the US president, who has made the alliance's eastward expansion a foreign policy priority.
Bush said the United States also looked forward to seeing all nations in the Balkans join NATO - including Macedonia, whose admission into the alliance has stalled because of its name dispute with Greece.
"The great NATO alliance is holding a place for you at our table and we look forward to your admission as a full NATO member as soon as possible," the US president said to Macedonia's ambassador to the United States.- By John Richardson at 26 Oct 2008 - 10:49pm
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buying the membership with IMF moneys...
IMF announces 16.5-billion-dollar loan for Ukraine
October 27, 2008 - 8:08AM
Ukraine, facing political deadlock and an economic crisis, secured a 16.5-billion-dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund on Sunday aimed at propping up its fragile banking system.
The IMF deal follows a similar 2.1-billion-dollar agreement with Iceland on Friday after the IMF announced it would make available more than 200 billion US dollars in loans to countries facing difficulties due to the global financial crisis.
Belarus and Pakistan have also appealed for assistance from the IMF.
"An IMF staff mission and the Ukraine authorities have today reached agreement ... on an economic program supported by an SDR 11 billion (16.5 billion US dollars) loan," Strauss-Kahn said in a statement.
He said the assistance would help shore up Ukraine's economy in concert with domestic government moves following the collapse of steel prices and problems in the banking sector.
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The hearts and minds of the NATO supplicants are buttered with "loans" of moneys that are generous socialistic bribery to smooth these countries economies into the capitalist faith...