At the Bucharest Summit, NATO Allies welcomed Ukraine's and Georgia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership and agreed that these countries will become members of NATO.They also agreed that both nations have made valuable contributions to Alliance operations, and welcomed democratic reforms in Ukraine and Georgia.
The Membership Action Plan (MAP) is the next step for the two countries on their direct way to membership.
Allies made clear that they support Georgia's and Ukraine's applications for MAP. Allies also said NATO will now begin a period of intensive engagement with both countries at high political level to address the questions still outstanding regarding their MAP applications. NATO Foreign Ministers were asked to make a first assessment of progress at their December 2008 meeting.
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