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Georgia tycoon says confident ex-Soviet state can join NATO soon
1 of 2. Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) greets Bidzina Ivanishvili, prime minister nominee and Georgian Dream coalition leader, before their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Tbilisi October 9, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili
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TBILISI (Reuters) - The Georgian tycoon whose opposition coalition won a parliamentary election expressed confidence on Tuesday that the former Soviet republic would be able to join NATO soon, emphasising relations with the West are a paramount priority.
"We are striving toward Europe and Georgia will definitely be able to become a member of NATO soon," Bidzina Ivanishvili, who intends to become prime minister once parliament convenes, said after a meeting with President Mikheil Saakashvili.
(Reporting by Margarita Antidze; Editing by Steve Gutterman)
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I wish I were at NATO HQ to give a toast. What would I toast, you ask? I’d toast to KGB defector Major Anatoliy Golitsyn, of course!
Who is Golitsyn, you ask innocently? Only the person who in 1961 gave the West a heads-up to the Communists’ “new” strategy to defeat the West, called the “Long-Range Policy”, which all Communist nations signed onto in 1960. You can read Golitsyn’s 1984 book, “New Lies for Old” at Internet Archive. When you finish reading the book, the world won’t look the same anymore!
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