President George W Bush offered on Thursday two extensive interviews for the Romanian press: one for Evenimentul Zilei, when Bush received a delegation of Journalists from UK, Romania, Ukraine and Croatia, as well as one exclusive interview for the Romanian public TV station, TVR. In brief, the American president is certain that the NATO summit will be a success, despite the fact that there are controversial topics to be discussed, and that Romania should negotiate the visa waiver program participation by itself, instead of waiting the European Union to reach a result.
The interview for Evenimentul Zilei, in brief:
- The Americans do not pay too much attention to the NATO summit, being too busy with their elections, the journalist notes.
- George W. Bush looks forward to the visit in Ukraine, Romania and Croatia and expects a successful summit, meaning that the member states must take care so that NATO remains a relevant institution.
- The NATO enlargement will be on the agenda, Bush supporting taking a decision during the Bucharest summit on the accession of Croatia, Albania and Macedonia. Bush also wants to signal a green light for Georgia and Ukraine. In the anti-missile defense, cyber-terrorism and terrorist activities, the president expects a collaboration development so that the response would be efficient.
- America supports the accession of Ukraine, but an answer must be given by all member states.
- NATO must make sure that Moldova is an independent state, with sovereign borders and is treated as such. Moldova also needs a transparent government. Only so, says Bush, the problem of the self-proclaimed Transdniester Republic may be solved.
- Iraq governs itself, America is there only to help and supervise. The number of troops deployed is given by the need to maintain the success reached this far. The US
