Democrat Sanders proposes to create an analogue of NATO with the participation of Russia

“We must create an organization like NATO to counter the threats of the 21st century, an organization that will focus on cooperation in combating the strengthening of armed extremism and, importantly, the root causes of these brutal actions,” said the Democratic candidate, speaking in Georgetown University Washington.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization came into being on the eve of the Cold War and eventually became an alliance aimed against the Soviet Union. Therefore, the involvement of Russia in NATO or the creation of a new alliance with its participation would significantly shuffle the traditional ties, uniting the former rivals in the fight against the Islamic State.

“We must cooperate with our NATO partners and expand our coalition to include Russia and members of the Arab League,” the Vermont senator, who calls himself a socialist, explained his point.

However, Sanders added that the fight against a terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the recent terrorist attacks in Paris "must be predominantly Muslim countries with the strong support of their global partners."

Sanders denounced US allies in the region, particularly Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which he believes are "contributing too little to the fight against the Islamic State."

Bernie Sanders’s current foreign policy presentation was unexpected because pre-election debateas the Forum wrote, the impression was that Sanders could talk beautifully about social inequality and climate change, but foreign policy was not his thing.

Hillary Clinton, a rival of Sanders and the main favorite of the Democratic Party, at the first debate praised the Obama administration for actions in Syria and stated the need to clarify to Russian President Putin that “this is unacceptable when he intervenes in the situation in Syria and only increases chaos by causing Assad's help. ”

At the same time, Donald Trump, a favorite among Republicans, has repeatedly stated that he could find a common language with the Russian president. At first, Trump suggested that good friendship with Vladimir Putin, ”and later said that he could negotiate with the Russian authorities about the issuance of a former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden.