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[H1]Declassified archive: Washington promised Russia in 1994 not to interfere in the affairs of the CIS[/H1]
he U.S. National Security Archive has published another batch of documents on cooperation between Moscow and NATO in the 1990s. Researchers from the United States talk about the "too short period" of close cooperation between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance, which turned out to be "unfulfilled hopes." About what new told archival records - in the RIA Novosti material.
[H3]From confrontation to cooperation[/H3]
Over three years (1992-1995), top NATO and U.S. officials developed cooperation agreements with senior Russian officials, including the defense minister. As a result, the volume of nuclear weapons and mutual risks have been drastically reduced. "hope for Russia's possible integration into Europe and partnership with NATO appeared." The researchers called this period a "short honeymoon."
Among the documents are transcript conversations between NATO Secretary General Manfred Wörner (1988-1994) and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Ruslan Khasbulatov in February 1992 in Moscow. The Secretary-General speaks of "a new security environment from the Urals to the Atlantic." It is based on three pillars: the Helsinki process, the European Economic Community and the North Atlantic Alliance itself.
"To this end, we have established the NATO Cooperation Council to consult closely, build synergies and build interconnected institutions with our former adversaries and now partners. This is our vision for the future. We want Russia and all other CIS members to join the Council," Werner said. — <... > We are not going to interfere in the internal affairs of Russia, as well as in the internal affairs of other sovereign states of the CIS. We want to establish the friendliest relations with all the former Soviet republics."
Khasbulatov said that the reduction in defense spending has helped economic reforms in Russia. "This is the result of the weakening of military-political rivalry," he stressed. "In this regard, we believe that the contribution of the North Atlantic Alliance is very significant, and we also hope that we will continue to reduce nuclear weapons."
Werner echoes his interlocutor: "Today we really don't have to spend huge amounts of money on confrontation, so we can use it to help you."
[H3]"There will be many more hot spots"[/H3]
In March 1994, a high-ranking Russian delegation headed by State Duma Speaker Ivan Rybkin arrived in Washington. The guests met with representatives of President Bill Clinton's administration and members of Congress, including Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar, the authors of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act, which partially funded the denuclearization of former Soviet republics and Russia's arms reductions.
They also held negotiations with William Perry, who had been appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense a month earlier. He outlined in detail the prospects for Moscow's participation in NATO's Partnership for Peace program (Russia will join it in June 1994, in 2014 cooperation was suspended).
According to Perry, the plan, proposed to all Central and Eastern European countries, had at least two advantages. The first is "the establishment of additional trust between Russia and the United States by increasing openness and strengthening contacts between the two countries' armed forces." "Secondly, it is the practical benefit of participating in joint exercises and exercises of the Russian, American and European armed forces to solve operational problems," the head of the Pentagon said. Rybkin supported the Partnership.
In addition, they discussed the military conflicts that were relevant at that time. "In the end, we spontaneously came to the right cooperation in Bosnia," Rybkin said. "I would like to achieve such interaction consciously due to consultations and mutual discussions. This is important for the reputation of our two countries. There will be many more hot spots that will require close cooperation." The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Vladimir Lukin, also pointed to the need for coordination in the former Yugoslavia, with which Perry fully agreed.
[H3]"The Turning Point"[/H3]
In October 1995, the head of the Pentagon sent Clinton a report about Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev's recent visit to the United States. Perry told the president about the "breakthrough experience" of meeting with a counterpart who had come to observe joint U.S.-Russian military maneuvers. The exercise, dubbed "Peacemaker" and held at a base in Fort Riley, Kansas, was supposed to prepare troops to participate in NATO peacekeeping operations in Bosnia.
Perry saw significant changes in Grachev's behavior, from a "rather tense" seven-hour meeting in Washington to the Fort Riley exercise, which was a "resounding success." The Russian minister also visited another base, where he and his colleague pressed a button that detonated an explosive device that destroyed the Minuteman nuclear missile silo.
"He fully grasped the historical symbolism of the act," Perry wrote. "He said emotionally that his children and grandchildren would remember this day."
After a call from Fort Riley with the head of the Pentagon Contacted Secretary of State Strobe Talbott. Like Perry, he stressed the importance of the meeting with Grachev. "I suspect that ten years from now I will feel the same way: this is an extremely important and positive development, the consequences of which go far beyond the borders of Bosnia. In general, your handshake with Grachev could be one of the turning points in history," the secretary of state said.
The National Security Archive at George Washington University regularly publishes documents on U.S.-Russian relations. The previous portion also concerned the 1990s. In particular, it turned out that NATO did not seem to mind deepening cooperation with Moscow. A serious bet was placed on President Boris Yeltsin. And he, in turn, allegedly even agreed to join the alliance. However, in Moscow it is Denied.
he U.S. National Security Archive has published another batch of documents on cooperation between Moscow and NATO in the 1990s. Researchers from the United States talk about the "too short period" of close cooperation between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance, which turned out to be "unfulfilled hopes." About what new told archival records - in the RIA Novosti material.
[H3]From confrontation to cooperation[/H3]
Over three years (1992-1995), top NATO and U.S. officials developed cooperation agreements with senior Russian officials, including the defense minister. As a result, the volume of nuclear weapons and mutual risks have been drastically reduced. "hope for Russia's possible integration into Europe and partnership with NATO appeared." The researchers called this period a "short honeymoon."
Among the documents are transcript conversations between NATO Secretary General Manfred Wörner (1988-1994) and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Ruslan Khasbulatov in February 1992 in Moscow. The Secretary-General speaks of "a new security environment from the Urals to the Atlantic." It is based on three pillars: the Helsinki process, the European Economic Community and the North Atlantic Alliance itself.
"To this end, we have established the NATO Cooperation Council to consult closely, build synergies and build interconnected institutions with our former adversaries and now partners. This is our vision for the future. We want Russia and all other CIS members to join the Council," Werner said. — <... > We are not going to interfere in the internal affairs of Russia, as well as in the internal affairs of other sovereign states of the CIS. We want to establish the friendliest relations with all the former Soviet republics."
Khasbulatov said that the reduction in defense spending has helped economic reforms in Russia. "This is the result of the weakening of military-political rivalry," he stressed. "In this regard, we believe that the contribution of the North Atlantic Alliance is very significant, and we also hope that we will continue to reduce nuclear weapons."
Werner echoes his interlocutor: "Today we really don't have to spend huge amounts of money on confrontation, so we can use it to help you."
[H3]"There will be many more hot spots"[/H3]
In March 1994, a high-ranking Russian delegation headed by State Duma Speaker Ivan Rybkin arrived in Washington. The guests met with representatives of President Bill Clinton's administration and members of Congress, including Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar, the authors of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act, which partially funded the denuclearization of former Soviet republics and Russia's arms reductions.
They also held negotiations with William Perry, who had been appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense a month earlier. He outlined in detail the prospects for Moscow's participation in NATO's Partnership for Peace program (Russia will join it in June 1994, in 2014 cooperation was suspended).
According to Perry, the plan, proposed to all Central and Eastern European countries, had at least two advantages. The first is "the establishment of additional trust between Russia and the United States by increasing openness and strengthening contacts between the two countries' armed forces." "Secondly, it is the practical benefit of participating in joint exercises and exercises of the Russian, American and European armed forces to solve operational problems," the head of the Pentagon said. Rybkin supported the Partnership.
In addition, they discussed the military conflicts that were relevant at that time. "In the end, we spontaneously came to the right cooperation in Bosnia," Rybkin said. "I would like to achieve such interaction consciously due to consultations and mutual discussions. This is important for the reputation of our two countries. There will be many more hot spots that will require close cooperation." The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Vladimir Lukin, also pointed to the need for coordination in the former Yugoslavia, with which Perry fully agreed.
[H3]"The Turning Point"[/H3]
In October 1995, the head of the Pentagon sent Clinton a report about Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev's recent visit to the United States. Perry told the president about the "breakthrough experience" of meeting with a counterpart who had come to observe joint U.S.-Russian military maneuvers. The exercise, dubbed "Peacemaker" and held at a base in Fort Riley, Kansas, was supposed to prepare troops to participate in NATO peacekeeping operations in Bosnia.
Perry saw significant changes in Grachev's behavior, from a "rather tense" seven-hour meeting in Washington to the Fort Riley exercise, which was a "resounding success." The Russian minister also visited another base, where he and his colleague pressed a button that detonated an explosive device that destroyed the Minuteman nuclear missile silo.
"He fully grasped the historical symbolism of the act," Perry wrote. "He said emotionally that his children and grandchildren would remember this day."
After a call from Fort Riley with the head of the Pentagon Contacted Secretary of State Strobe Talbott. Like Perry, he stressed the importance of the meeting with Grachev. "I suspect that ten years from now I will feel the same way: this is an extremely important and positive development, the consequences of which go far beyond the borders of Bosnia. In general, your handshake with Grachev could be one of the turning points in history," the secretary of state said.
The National Security Archive at George Washington University regularly publishes documents on U.S.-Russian relations. The previous portion also concerned the 1990s. In particular, it turned out that NATO did not seem to mind deepening cooperation with Moscow. A serious bet was placed on President Boris Yeltsin. And he, in turn, allegedly even agreed to join the alliance. However, in Moscow it is Denied.
