In the 1990s, Russia itself abandoned the West’s proposal to join NATO, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in an interview with the TV presenter The Late Show Stephen Komberta.
“Back in the 1990s, this issue (Russia’s proposal to become part of NATO – ed.) was really discussed. The Russians decided that this was not what they would like to do,” RIA Novosti quoted.
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Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the United States has repeatedly spoke about the impossibility of Russia’s entry into NATO.