In 1997, US President Bill Clinton assured his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin that NATO was not a threat to the Russian Federation. This is evidenced by declassified documents provided by . DEA News.
“I am trying to create a NATO that will not pose a threat to Russia, but will allow the United States and Canada to remain in Europe, to work with Russia and other countries to create a united, free Europe and to solve other problems,” the US President stressed at the meeting in the White House.
At the same time, Clinton noted that if the United States openly allowed the possibility of the former USSR republics joining the alliance, it would be dangerous from the point of view of creating a new Russia, but stressed that she was categorically against restrictions on the participation of certain countries in the alliance.
Before became known About Yeltsin’s desire to ensure Russia’s entry into NATO in the first expansion. According to Yeltsin, after Russia, other countries in Central and Eastern Europe should have followed suit.
Bill Clinton’s response to this proposal was rather measured and did not mention the idea of ​​forming a union of countries or Russia’s membership in NATO.
Formerly Clinton acceptedIn 2011, SVO was considered inevitable.
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Source: Gazeta
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