WorldNATO expansion taught Russia not to be naive in dealings with the West, diplomat says
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said NATO leaders’ failure to honor pledges against eastward expansion taught Russia not to be naive with the West. He cited a 1990 statement by then-German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher that NATO did not plan to extend its defense structures eastward.
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NATO expansion taught Russia not to be naive in dealings with the West, diplomat says