NATO says no third country can veto membership


NEWPORT Russia (Reuters) - NATO, responding to Russian warnings against Ukraine's bid to join the western alliance, said on Friday that no third country could veto its enlargement policy and approved new steps to advance Georgia towards membership.

"No third country has a veto over NATO enlargement," Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a news conference on the second day of a summit of the U.S.-led defence pact, adding: "NATO's door remains open. Each country will be judged on its merits."

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