How the West promised the USSR that NATO would not expand eastward

 by Roland Dumas, former minister

Feb 13, 2022

In this interview granted to the website www.les-crises.fr, Roland Dumas, who was French Minister of Foreign Affairs during the crucial period 1989-1991, explains the negotiations with the USSR and confirms the verbal promise made by him and the other leaders at the time not to expand NATO to the East in the future.


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