Moscow blasts Georgia's tilt toward NATO

Georgia has nothing to gain but more headaches if its moves closer to the NATO alliance, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with leaders in Tbilisi in June for a two-day visit to discuss Georgia's progress in integrating with the European community. Rasmussen was in Tbilisi at the invitation of the Georgian government, which aspires to join the alliance.

Allied heads of state in 2008 agreed to Georgia's accession provided it embraces defense and political reforms. That same year, Georgia and Russia went to war briefly related to the breakaway republic South Ossetia.

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