Meanwhile , NATO was not waiting for the United States to solve its impasses . At its July , 1990 , Summit Meeting , it had determined to extend " the hand of friendship " to the Eastern Bloc . Over the course of the next year , a new organization was proposed , the North Atlantic Cooperation Council ( NACC ) to include Warsaw Pact and CIS nations . Its Charter was presented at the 1991 Rome summit in November . By providing mutual consultation services it would smooth over and help to stabilize the end of the Soviet Union . Its first meeting , on December 20 , 1991 , was interrupted by a message informing the Soviet ambassador his country did not exist any longer
1991 Rome summit
1991 Rome summit
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