Quote: Russia's president-elect adopted a hard line today over the prospect of Nato membership for neighbouring Georgia and Ukraine.
Dmitri Medvedev said that expansion of the Western military alliance to include the two former Soviet republics would be "extremely troublesome" for European security.
Nato members are due to meet in Bucharest, Romania, on April 2-4 to consider whether to offer Membership Action Plans to Georgia and Ukraine. President Bush has said that he supports Georgia's desire for membership, and the US leader is also due to visit Ukraine next week on the eve of the Nato summit.
"We are not happy about the situation around Georgia and Ukraine," Mr Medvedev said. "We consider that it is extremely troublesome for the existing structure of European security... No state can be pleased about having representatives of a military bloc to which it does not belong coming close to its borders."
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