Saakashvili: Georgia's Hopes for NATO, South Ossetia Dead

Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili (2-R) visits the USS Stout guided-missile destroyer at the Georgian port of Batumi, Georgia, 16 July 2009.

Georgia's hopes to become a NATO member are dead, according to its President, Mihail Saakashvili.

In an interview for the Wall Street Journal, Saakishvili states that the Georgians had also lost hopes to restore their authority over the two breakaway republics, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, whose independence has been recognized by Russia.

Saakashvili admits that after reconsidering the realities, he was going to concentrate on Georgia's modernization.

He is planning to deepen the democracy in the country in order to guarantee the peaceful transfer of power after the expiration of his term in 2013. He is also going to set a date for new local elections, and to offer members of the oppositions seats in the government institutions.

 

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