Bush also expressed U.S. support for the defense of Taiwan following the stand-off in April 2001 with China over the Hainan Island incident, when an EP-3E Aries II surveillance aircraft collided with a People's Liberation Army Air Force jet, leading to the detention of U.S. personnel. From 2003 to 2004, Bush authorized U.S. military intervention in Haiti and Liberia to protect U.S. interests. Bush condemned the militia attacks Darfur and denounced the killings in Sudan as genocide.[221] Bush said an international peacekeeping presence was critical in Darfur, but he opposed referring the situation to the International Criminal Court.
On June 10, 2007, Bush met with Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha and became the first president to visit Albania.[222] He later voiced his support for the independence of Kosovo.[223]
In early 2008, Bush vowed full support for admitting Ukraine and Georgia into NATO[224] despite Russia's opposition to the further enlargement of NATO.[225] During the 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis, Bush condemned Russia for recognizing the separatist government of South Ossetia.[226] Then, when Russian troops invaded Georgia that summer, Bush said: "Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century.