Signing of agreement for NATO-Russia Council

(28 May 2002)
1. Wide shot interior of room
2. President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic signing
3. French President, Jacques Chirac, signing
4. German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, signing
5. Wide shot room
6. Various Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi signing
7. Document being presented to another leader
8. Polish President, Aleksander Kwasniewski, signing
9. Various Russian President, Vladimir Putin, signing
10. British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, signing
11. US President, George W. Bush, signing
12. Various leaders clapping
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian President (starts over shot of Bush smiling)
"So I suggest that from now on the headquarters of NATO should be renamed the House of Soviets. I hope there are no objections."
14. SOUNDBITE (English) George Robertson, NATO Secretary General
"It's a good thing you've got me in the chair and I declare that to be a joke. Just in case it appears in the decision sheet afterwards. I say to you, Mr. President, welcome to the world of 20 (referring to the number of countries now in the partnership)."
15. Pan of the leaders posing for photo
16. Planes flying in formation over the leaders' heads
17. Bush, Putin and Berlusconi, shaking hands, then walking away
STORYLINE:
NATO, an alliance set up more than a half century ago for the Cold War containment of Moscow, formally accepted its old enemy as a junior partner on Tuesday.
The 19 NATO leaders, and Russian President, Vladimir Putin, sat around a circular table and remained seated as the documents were passed around for them to sign.
Following the signing, Putin made one his trademark jokes, saying he hoped NATO's Brussels headquarters would now be renamed the Council of the Soviets.
NATO Secretary General then welcomed Putin into the NATO "World of 20."
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[@hereitcomes3912]

The chairman's anxiety was real.

[@yahyaelmi8435]

It’s crazy how putin fooled all of them , Theh forgot he’s a KGB agent trained to go against NATO . 2022 we have the results ,

[@aditya3864]

that council of soviets joke was UNREAL

[@mark0001]

I would like to say "Welcome to the World of 2022", but it's not exactly a good year for Putin