Putinin ajatuksia NATOsta
Pravda: " Vladimir Putin does not think that NATO is a Russia-unfriendly organization. Russia is willing to establish partnership with different countries and organizations, including NATO. " Moscow has developed several directions of cooperation with NATO. " They include anti-terrorist struggle, joint efforts to prevent various states of emergency, etc. We are currently launching a joint anti-terrorist project in the Mediterranean Sea with the use of the Russian Navy," Putin said.
The Russian president did not say, though, if Russia was ever going to become a NATO member. " This organization has been undergoing certain internal transformations. We need to understand, what we are going to join, if it happens in reality and which objectives we will have. As for its own security, Russia has been an independent state historically, capable of defending itself alone," the president said."