Monitoring Desk
LONDON: The British
government had a plan to make Russia an “associate” member of the NATO alliance
before Vladimir Putin took over as president in 1999, British archives made
public revealed Tuesday.
The secret Ministry of
Defense documents from 25 years ago revealed the plan, which was based on the
cooperative nature of Boris Yeltsin, Putin’s late predecessor.
The note outlined an
opportunity to change the relationship with Russia after the end of the Cold
War.
“A possible solution
would be to create a new category of associate member of Nato,” then-Defense
Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said in his proposal.
“Such a status could
not involve article V (collective defense) guarantees, membership …read more
Source:: The Frontier Post
