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Russia will respond pragmatically to NATO expansion – Lavrov

Russia will offer a pragmatic response to NATO’s possible eastward expansion, the Foreign Minister said Wednesday as the alliance is due to discuss setting Ukraine and Georgia on the path to membership. U.S. President George W. Bush urged his European allies in Bucharest, Romania, earlier on Wednesday to meet the request of the ex-Soviet republics to join the program paving the way to membership. Full Story