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Bush support for Ukraine's Nato entry opens up alliance split

AFP, Kiev
Resident George W Bush said yesterday the United States "strongly supports" Ukraine’s bid to join Nato and told Russia it would have no right to veto the move.
But in a sign ol protracted debate at the annual Nato summit in Bucharest this week, France opposed letting Ukraine and Georgia into the alliance, with Prime Minister Francois Fillon saying it could upset the balance of power in Europe.
Speaking at a news conference in Kiev, Bush said Washington wanted to see Ukraine and Georgia, both former Soviet republics, given a Membership Action Plan (MAP), a formal step toward joiningNato.
I strongly believe that Ukraine and Georgia shduld be given MAP and there's no trade-oils, period," said Bush, with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko at his side. The US president however stopped short of saying that the Atlantic alliance must extend MAP agreements to Ukraine and Georgia at the summit, which opens in Bucharest on Wednesday.
Bush's comments were likely to stoke tension with Russia and the membership move is opposed by Germany, France and other European powers.
We are opposed to the entry of Georgia and Ukraine because we think that it is not a good answer to the balance of power within Europe and between Europe and Russia," the French prime minister said in an interview with France Inter radio.
' France has a different view from the United States on this issue," said Fillon. "We want to have a dialogue with Russia on this subject and that is what the president will say in Bucharest" at the Nato summit.
Russian officials warned before Bush spoke that Ukraine's member-
ship of Nato would undermine European security.
"Admission of Ukraine into Nato will lead to a deep crisis in Russian-Ukrainian relations, this affects pan-European security." Interfax and RIA Novosti news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin as saying.
"So the West must decide what kind of relationship with Russia will serve its interests," Karasin said, speaking during a Russian parliamenthearing.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to target Ukraine and Georgia with nuclear missiles should they join the alliance.
Bush said he had recently spoken with Putin to explain why the United States supports Ukraine and Georgia joining Nato and to assure the Russian leader that Moscow had nothing to fear from such a move.