US taking step to get Albania, Croatia into NATOWASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is taking another step today toward getting Albania and Croatia folded into the NATO alliance. Both countries had been isolated behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.
President Bush meets today with NATO's secretary-general and will sign so-called accession protocols. They pave the way for final membership in the military alliance.
The White House has invited about 160 lawmakers and other VIPs to the signing ceremony.
NATO leaders agreed at a summit earlier this year in Romania to invite Albania and Croatia into the alliance. However, the alliance rebuffed U.S. attempts to begin the process of inviting Ukraine and Georgia.
The White House has invited about 160 lawmakers and other VIPs to the signing ceremony.
NATO leaders agreed at a summit earlier this year in Romania to invite Albania and Croatia into the alliance. However, the alliance rebuffed U.S. attempts to begin the process of inviting Ukraine and Georgia.
Germany, France and some other alliance members opposed that move, fearing it would provoke Russia, which is unhappy with possible NATO enlargement on its doorstep.
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