Former president of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski
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Ex Polish Pres. Sees Russia in NATO
Former president of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski thinks it is possible that NATO will accept the membership of Russia, RIA Novosti reports. Kwasniewski made that statement at the a presentation at the American research institute The Bipartisan Policy Center.
According to Kwasniewski, the alliance should evolve further in the direction of collective security organizations and accept states beyond the Atlantic region. He named Japan, Australia and South Korea along with Russia as potential members of the reformed organization.
Kwasniewski noted that Russia does not show any desire to join NATO and that it is using all means available to it, including high fuel prices, to prevent Ukraine and Georgia from joining it. “Russia will use its position to hold Ukraine and Georgia as far as possible from the European Union and NATO as long as it can. And then it will play the Kosovo and Transdniestria cards,” the former president said. He added optimistically that eventually, “Russia will understand that its place is in Europe.”
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