BRUSSELS : NATO Tie for Moscow
Ending one of the more off-again-on-again affairs in recent diplomatic memory, Moscow is expected Wednesday to end months of indecision and finally enter into its first formal relationship with NATO--the Western military alliance created 45 years ago to halt Soviet expansionism.
Russian Foreign Minister Andrei V. Kozyrev is scheduled to commit his country to cooperate with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization by signing up in Brussels for Partnership for Peace, a Clinton Administration initiative designed to encourage closer military coordination across the old Cold War divide.
Most Soviet Bloc successor states have already joined the program, but Moscow held out for special status.
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