Georgia may be admitted to NATO if Russia annexes the Crimea, writes Moscow's "Kommersant" , citing sources in the leadership of NATO and the U.S. State Department.
Russia's actions in Ukraine caused a renewed debate about the need for a more resolute policy of the alliance in the post-soviet space, NATO headquarters believes.
Even the countries that recently urged not to force the issue about Georgia's membership, now think about it. Tbilisi has reiterated its desire to be integrated into a military bloc, said the State Department.
Everything now depends on the outcome of Sunday's referendum. If the Crimea will become part of Russia, at the next NATO summit ( it will be in the UK in September) Georgia can provide an action plan for membership in the alliance. This is a list of conditions in the political, military , economic and legal spheres , after which the country will become a full member of the organization. Similar conditions for joining the alliance now fulfill Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia. It is likely that the next member of NATO will be Ukraine. -02D-
Politics
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called President of the United States Donald Trump on 25 November.
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Director of the Institute of Political Management, political scientist Azer Gasymly has been summoned to the Main Police Department of Baku at 16:00 today. He wrote about it in facebook.
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Adalyat Verdiyev, the head of the civil defense staff at the public legal entity Center for Public Health and Reform under the Ministry of Health, and a military expert, has been arrested. On November 22, during a media tour to the liberated territories, Verdiyev filmed and published information and images on his social media accounts revealing Azerbaijani Armed Forces' combat positions in the heights, deployment sites, coordinates, and operational conditions of the border troops. This disclosure caused significant damage to the interests of state security and defense capability. This was stated in a report from the General Prosecutor’s Office.
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On Monday, the Baku Appeals Court considered the appeal of Talysh researcher Iqbal Abilov against the extension of his detention for another four months. The defense argued that the decision to extend Abilov's detention was unjustified, lawyer Fariz Namazly told reporters.
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