DISINFO: NATO promises not to move eastward were not fulfilled
SUMMARY
Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has been repeatedly assured that NATO's jurisdiction and military forces will not move an inch eastward. All these promises were forgotten and not fulfilled. The result is the current deplorable state of European security.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative on NATO enlargement.
NATO did not make any promises not to expand into eastern and central Europe back in 1990, which was confirmed by the former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. Back in 2014, Gorbachev said:
"The topic of ‘NATO expansion’ was not discussed at all, and it wasn’t brought up in those years. I say this with full responsibility.”
Furthermore, the claim about NATO “expansion” misrepresents the process of NATO enlargement. NATO does not “expand” but considers the applications of candidate countries that want to join.
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