Georgia's Nato membership on track, says David Miliband

Foreign secretary believes keeping alliance's pledge to grant Georgia membership is 'important signal' The foreign secretary, David Miliband, joins the Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, at a press conference in Tbilisi. Photograph: Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters The formal process leading to Georgia's membership of Nato has begun, as part of the alliance's response to Russia's current occupation, David Miliband said today. In an interview with the Guardian in Tbilisi, the foreign secretary said Georgia had been given a "route map to membership" after the formation on Tuesday of a joint commission aimed at forging closer ties. He said this was an important step towards implementing a pledge made by Nato leaders at a summit in April to open the door to the embattled Caucasian state. "I think the formal process kicked off... [read full story]