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The official representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, said that NATO adheres to the open door policy in accordance with the promise made by the Secretary of State of the United States of America James Baker gave in the 1990s.
Commenting on Russia’s position that the expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance’s military infrastructure to Ukraine would be a “red line” for the country, Baker said that Ukraine, like other countries, has the right to independently build its future and determine its foreign policy course.
The representative of the State Department also stressed that NATO is a defensive alliance and said that the idea of the danger of Ukraine joining NATO for Russia “would be ridiculous if the situation were not so serious.”