Russia may be invited to join alliance

Tajikistan News.Net
Tuesday 28th July, 2009

Russian membership in NATO has become a distinct possibility under the Obama administration.

Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon has said the United States will consider Russian membership in the name of common security.

Gordon said Russia should not be excluded from NATO if it can meet the criteria for membership and there is agreement within the rest of the alliance.

The NATO military alliance was originally founded to protect Europe from Soviet aggression.

Russia has often objected to the alliance's expansion, especially as it grows to include the countries on Russia’s border.

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