NEW YORK, October 2. /TASS/. The US authorities are committed to NATO's ‘open door’ policy, but say that the decision on its expansion should be made by all countries of the bloc, US Defense ...
The move further into eastern Europe The fall of the Berlin Wall and the termination of the Warsaw Pact after the end of the Cold War opened up the possibility of further NATO enlargement.
The Ukrainian president argued that the absence of NATO membership and concrete security guarantees contributed to Russia’s decision to launch the full-scale invasion.