translate English to French: Over the past few years, it has been as difficult to find negative official statements or articles in Russian publications about West European defence and politico-military cooperation as it has been to find positive ones about NATO's enlargement.
Lorsqu'en mai 1994, l'UEO a proposé le statut d'associé partenaire aux PECO ainsi qu'aux pays Baltes, le ministre des Affaires étrangères Andreï Kozyrev a indiqué que la Russie n'avait aucune objection(19).