KYIV, Ukraine, September 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen invited Ukraine to join further NATO initiatives, such as the Ocean Shield

Text of report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Ohrid (Macedonia), 8 October: Ukrainian Defence Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov believes that Ukrainian politicians should formulate a common position on NATO.

Text of report by private Georgian Imedi TV on 16 September [Presenter] Political assessments of the North Atlantic Council [NAC] [meeting in Tbilisi]. Government members have responded to the NATO delegation's visit to Tbilisi.

NATO discussions with the Republic of Georgia will encourage it to plan new military actions, a Russian lawmaker said Monday. RIA Novosti reported that Konstantin Kosachyov, the head of the State Duma's international affairs committee, warned against continuing talks.

Text of report by private Georgian news agency Kavkas-Press Tbilisi, 15 September: NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said that despite its [Georgia's] problems in terms of territorial integrity, "the trajectory of Georgia's aspiration to join NATO was set in Bucharest [NATO committed to eventually admitting Georgia as a member at the 2-4 April NATO summit in Bucharest]".