Blair and Major reassured Russia about Nato expansion

Blair and Major reassured Russia about Nato expansion

Declassified British files shed further light on the controversial question as to what assurances were made to Russia by UK officials about the expansion of Nato into eastern Europe. The documents show then prime minister John Major telling Russian foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov in February 1997 that “if he were Russian he too would be concerned by the possibility that Nato might move up to Russia’s borders”. But Major added that “Nato has no…