During the NATO summit in Bucharest , United States and Poland called for Georgia to be allowed to join the Membership Action Plan ( MAP ) . The alliance decided not to offer Georgia a MAP due to opposition from several countries , led by Germany and France , who feared the decision would anger Russia . Instead NATO countries assured the Georgian side in a special communiqué that they would eventually join the alliance once the requirement for membership were met . Members further pledged to review the decision in December 2008 at the meeting of NATO foreign ministers
NATO summit in Bucharest
2008 Bucharest summit
Georgia–NATO relations