NATO deceives Georgia, Ukraine by promising to admit them — Georgia’s ruling party

TASS · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · Aug 04, 2026 · 313 words

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What to know about NATO Expansion

The article reports on statements from Georgian and Ukrainian officials regarding the likelihood of their respective countries joining NATO. Kakha Kaladze and Valery Zaluzhny express skepticism, suggesting that promises of membership have been misleading.

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Topics 3

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What happened

NATO has been deceiving both Georgia and Ukraine for years by promising to admit them into the alliance, while in fact it never planned to do so, Tbilisi Mayor and secretary general of the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party Kakha Kaladze said.

Why it matters

"Throughout all these years, countries like Georgia and Ukraine have been deceived that NATO’s door is open for them.

Common ground

In fact, they no longer hesitate to openly state that this is actually impossible and out of the question," he told journalists.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The next president, Mikhail Saakashvili, reaffirmed these plans?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The next president, Mikhail Saakashvili, reaffirmed these plans.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm that Mikheil Saakashvili viewed NATO membership as necessary for Georgia's stability and pursued a Membership Action Plan (MAP).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2007 Georgian demonstrations were a series of anti-government protests that took place across Georgia. The demonstrations peaked on 2 November 2007, when 40,000–50,000 people rallied in downtown T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Georgian_demonstrations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The flag of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დროშა, romanized: sakartvelos sakhelmts'ipo drosha), also known as the Five-Cross Flag (ხუთჯვრიანი დროშა, khutjvriani drosha), is one of the natio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Georgia_(country)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mikheil "Misha" Saakashvili (born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian-Ukrainian politician. He was the third president of Georgia for two consecutive terms from January 2004 to November 2013, with a break…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili

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Claim 2: “Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s ambassador to London and former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm that Valerii Zaluzhnyi is the former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and is currently serving as the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 6 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. A sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_campaign

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 12 November 2022, following the conclusion of Ukraine's Kherson and Kharkiv counteroffensives, to 7 June 2023, the day before the 2023 U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi (Ukrainian: Валерій Федорович Залужний; born 8 July 1973) is a Ukrainian four-star general and diplomat who is currently serving as Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerii_Zaluzhnyi

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Claim 3: “Since the late 1990s, Georgia has been cooperating with NATO under the alliance’s programs.”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that cooperation between Georgia and NATO officially began in 1994, which aligns with the claim of cooperating since the late 1990s.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NATO is a military alliance of thirty-two European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. The process of joining the alliance is governed by Article 10 of the No…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region on the east coast of the Black Sea. It is located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia and is generally regarded as part of Europe. It is bor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Georgia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) enjoy cordial relations. Georgia is not currently a member of NATO, but has been promised by NATO to be admitted in the future. Cooperation of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia–NATO_relations

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Claim 4: “At a summit in Prague in November 2002, the then Georgian president, Eduard Shevardnadze, officially announced his country’s intention to join NATO.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm that President Eduard Shevardnadze declared Georgia's intention to join NATO at the Prague Summit in November 2002.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze (Georgian: ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე; Russian: Эдуа́рд Амвро́сиевич Шевардна́дзе, romanized: Eduard Amvrosiyevich Shevardnadze; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი, romanized: sakartvelos p'rezident'i) is the ceremonial head of state of Georgia as well as the commander-in-chief of the Defence Forces. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Georgia

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Claim 5: “The government that came to power after the Georgian Dream coalition’s win in October 2012”

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Multiple independent sources confirm that the Georgian Dream coalition, founded by Bidzina Ivanishvili, won the parliamentary elections in October 2012.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ivanishvili entered Georgian politics in 2012, when he founded the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party and secured victory in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election against the United National M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidzina_Ivanishvili

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web search NEUTRAL — Both the ruling party of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and the opposition Georgian Dream coalition are claiming victory in key parliamentary elections.
https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-parliamentary-elections-voti…

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web search NEUTRAL — Georgian Dream was formed in early 2012 as a coalition of six political parties, under Mr Ivanishvili’s leadership, united by their opposition to their political predecessors. The coalition won the pa…
https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-commentary/2014-04-…

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Claim 6: “NATO countries, including France and Britain, say that NATO is not planning to expand eastward.”

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The provided evidence contains general information about France and NATO membership, but none of the sources mention a specific statement from France or Britain claiming that NATO is not planning to expand eastward.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — France is a founding member of NATO and played an active role in its establishment. Since NATO's creation in 1949, France has consistently maintained its membership in both political and military sphe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_NATO

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlanti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance between 32 member states (thirty in Europe and two in North America). Founded in the aftermath of World War II, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO

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