On this day, 28 years ago, May 27, 1997 (April 21, 1997, the document on relations between Russia and NATO was signed in Paris. The heads of state of Russia and NATO were signed at the signing ceremony. On May 27, 1997, the Russia-NATO relations document was signed in Paris. The main points of the document are: Purpose and basic ideas Russia and NATO do not regard each other as potential enemies, and will work hard to ease past confrontations and strengthen mutual trust and cooperation. NATO will continue to reform the organization by expanding its political and peacekeeping functions. Decided to reconsider NATO's strategic concept. Russia will continue to build a democratic society and implement its economic and political reforms. Both sides will assume the obligation to continue to reduce nuclear and conventional weapons. The two sides will cooperate in establishing a common and comprehensive European security system. Its overall tasks are: resisting aggressive nationalism; supervising the non-proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; Fight terrorism; safeguard human rights and the rights of ethnic minorities; and prevent regional conflicts. Both sides have the obligation not to use force or threaten force in international relations. The Permanent Joint Council is a body that consults, coordinates and adopts decisions that affect the interests of both parties as much as possible by consensus. The Permanent Joint Council will meet at various levels. The NATO Secretary-General, a representative of Russia and a representative of a NATO member state will rotate as chairman of the Permanent Joint Council. All decisions of the Permanent Joint Council will be adopted on the basis of mutual consent. The scope of cooperation includes maintaining security and stability in Europe, preventing conflicts through pre-emptive diplomacy, joint peacekeeping operations, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, etc. Military issues NATO has stated that it has no intention, plans, or needs to deploy or store nuclear weapons on the territory of its new member states. The two sides continue to work on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe during the Vienna negotiations. This treaty should be signed on the basis of consent of all parties concerned, re-reviewed in 2001, and revised every five years thereafter. Attachment: Chronicle of NATO's eastward expansion and relations with Russia On October 20-21, 1993, at the informal meeting of NATO defense ministers, the United States proposed for the first time a plan to establish a "partnership of peace" with countries such as Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. On December 2-3, the NATO Ministerial Council discussed NATO expansion and decided to accept the "Partnership for Peace Plan" proposed by the United States. It is believed that the plan is a "transitional form" of NATO's eastward expansion. On January 10-11, 1994, the NATO Brussels Summit formally adopted the "Partnership for Peace Plan." On December 1, Kozyrev announced at NATO headquarters that Russia had decided to postpone approval of joining NATO's "Partnership for Peace Plan" and temporarily not sign the "Bilateral Military Cooperation Plan" and the "Framework Document on the Regular Open Consultation System" with NATO. On December 5, Russian President Yeltsin said at the CSCE summit that NATO's eastward expansion would lead to the emergence of "two blocs" and risked reigniting the Cold War. On May 31, 1995, Kozyrev announced at a meeting of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council that Russia had officially joined NATO's Partnership for Peace Program. On March 20, 1996, U.S. Secretary of State Christopher stated in Prague that the United States would resolutely implement the eastward expansion plan despite Russia's opposition. On March 25, when Yeltsin visited Norway, he proposed a compromise plan of the "French model," that is, Central and Eastern European countries would only join NATO's political organizations, but not military organizations. On April 5, Russian Foreign Minister Primakov proposed a compromise plan of the "East German model" at a meeting of the Russian Institute of World Economics and International Relations, which required NATO not to establish military bases, deploy troops and nuclear weapons in Central and Eastern European countries. On July 2, Yeltsin wrote to U.S. President Clinton opposing NATO's expansion to the three Baltic countries, believing that NATO's expansion to these countries was "a direct provocation to Russia's national security interests." On September 28, Yeltsin said that NATO "should sign a treaty with Russia first and then resolve the issue of NATO expansion, not the other way around." On October 22, Clinton announced that NATO would formally admit the first batch of new members from Eastern Europe on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 1999. On December 10, NATO foreign ministers decided to hold a special summit in Madrid in early July 1997 to decide on the list of the first batch of Central and Eastern European countries to join NATO. On March 21, 1997, Yeltsin and Clinton met in Helsinki and Russia agreed to sign a document on mutual relations with NATO, no longer insisting on signing a treaty that must be ratified by parliament. NATO Secretary General Javier Solana and Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov held six rounds of talks between January and May, during which the two sides reached "complete mutual understanding" on documents on Russia-NATO relations. On May 27, leaders of the 16 NATO countries and Russian President Boris Yeltsin formally signed a document on Russia-NATO relations in Paris.