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NATO says no third country can veto membership

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NEWPORT (NasdaqGS: NEWP - news) , Russia, Sept 5 (Reuters) - NATO, responding to Russian warnings against Ukraine's bid to join the western alliance, said on Friday that no third country could have a veto over its enlargement policy and took new steps to advance Georgia towards membership.

"No third country has a veto on enlargement," Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, (Writing by Paul Taylor)