It is necessary to re-discuss Russia’s entry into NATO, which was seriously discussed in the 1990s, said Christian Schmidt, a member of the German Bundestag from the CDU / CSU faction.
Schmidt served as Minister of Food and Agriculture from 2014 to 2018 and was also Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure from 2017 to 2018.
“I have been holding various political posts for 30 years. In my opinion, it was the mayor of (Moscow) Yuri Luzhkov, if I’m not mistaken, the previous Moscow mayor, he once did not even rule out Russia’s joining NATO. This was seriously discussed. Then there was the Russia-NATO Founding Act that has been signed. All this needs to be discussed again”, – Schmidt said during the 6th Potsdam Meetings youth forum, which is broadcast online.
According to the German politician, the entire security architecture that has been created since 1975 in Europe has been destroyed.