Bush to Reassure Russia on NATO

World | November 22, 2002, Friday // 00:00

US President George W Bush is in Russia to assure President Vladimir Putin that NATO's eastward expansion is in Moscow's "best interests". The talks in Saint Petersburg follow the Nato summit in Prague, where the alliance invited seven former Soviet-bloc countries to join, including Bulgaria. Putin did not attend the summit. But Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, representing Russia at the summit, welcomed NATO's new emphasis on combating terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

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