{"id":393990,"date":"2014-07-18T00:53:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T21:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/?p=393990"},"modified":"2014-07-18T00:53:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T21:53:19","slug":"moldova-ukraine-georgia-likely-to-become-non-nato-allies-if-bill-passes-us-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldova-ukraine-georgia-likely-to-become-non-nato-allies-if-bill-passes-us-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia likely to become non-NATO allies if bill passes US Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The Congress of the United States has passed in two readings a draft bill called \u201cRussian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014<\/a>.\u201d The draft law envisages granting non-NATO ally status for Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia under certain conditions and criteria which would have to be fulfilled.<\/p>\n

The Act \u201cprovides major non-NATO ally status for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova (during the period in which each of such countries meets specified criteria) for purposes of the transfer or possible transfer of defense articles or defense services,\u201d according to the bill.<\/p>\n

It also foresees increased U.S. Armed Forces interactions with the militaries of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia.<\/p>\n

The draft law is currently prepared for the final reading.<\/p>\n

Moldovan Ambassador to Washington, D.C. told RFE\/RL<\/a> that there is a high likelihood that the bill will not pass the final reading, \u201cnot even the debate of the Foreign Affairs Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, the bill has been drafted by the Republicans, while the Democrats are likely to block it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>The Congress of the United States has passed in two readings a draft bill called \u201cRussian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014.\u201d The draft law envisages granting non-NATO ally status for Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia under certain conditions and criteria which would have to be fulfilled. The Act \u201cprovides major non-NATO ally status for Ukraine, Georgia, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":389555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The Congress of the United States has passed in two readings a draft bill called \u201cRussian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014<\/a>.\u201d The draft law envisages granting non-NATO ally status for Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia under certain conditions and criteria which would have to be fulfilled.<\/p>\n

The Act \u201cprovides major non-NATO ally status for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova (during the period in which each of such countries meets specified criteria) for purposes of the transfer or possible transfer of defense articles or defense services,\u201d according to the bill.<\/p>\n

It also foresees increased U.S. Armed Forces interactions with the militaries of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia.<\/p>\n

The draft law is currently prepared for the final reading.<\/p>\n

Moldovan Ambassador to Washington, D.C. told RFE\/RL<\/a> that there is a high likelihood that the bill will not pass the final reading, \u201cnot even the debate of the Foreign Affairs Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, the bill has been drafted by the Republicans, while the Democrats are likely to block it.<\/p>\n

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