Granting the NATO Membership Action Plan to Ukraine and Georgia would mark a point of no return in Russia's relations with the Alliance, Russian envoy

"Granting the NATO Membership Action Plan to Ukraine and Georgia would mark a point of no return in Russia's relations with the Alliance, Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said.
"The Membership Action Plan marks the point of no return, in our opinion. If MAP is granted to Georgia and Ukraine at NATO's Bucharest summit, our relations would take a dramatic turn," Rogozin told Interfax on Tuesday.
"Lullaby statements" to the effect that MAP is not synonymous to membership of the Alliance must be dismissed, he said. "This means nothing for serious people, Such arguments are propaganda, pure and simple," he said. Whoever gives "oratories" on this score, arguing that a bid is only the first step to be followed by a referendum - in Ukraine, for instance - in fact it is sheer demagogy," Rogozin aid.
Hopefully, Russia's most responsible partners understand what consequences the invitation for Georgia and Ukraine to join the Alliance could ensue, he said. "We hope these partners will stand by their firm position and will not waver hearing commands from overseas," he said."

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