Putin wanted to cooperate with the West and even asked to join NATO early in his presidency, but his outreach was shot down by

️Putin wanted to cooperate with the West and even asked to join NATO early in his presidency, but his outreach was shot down by US President Bill Clinton “At a meeting here in the Kremlin with the outgoing President Bill Clinton, right here in the next room, I said to him, I asked him: “Bill, do you think if Russia asked to join NATO, do you think it would happen?“ Suddenly he said, “you know, it’s interesting. I think so.“ But in the evening, when we met for dinner, he said: “You know, I’ve talked to my team, no, it’s not possible now”. You can ask him. I think he will watch our interview, he’ll confirm it,“ Putin said. Subscribe to [club80289214|@SputnikInt] Источник: Sputnik International