Remarks by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at joint committee meeting at the European Parliament
www.nato.int
(As delivered)

From the guy’s own mouth.

  • pindapinda@feddit.nlBanned from community
    2910·
    2 年前

    Literally nowhere in these remarks does it say “expansion” or “expansionism”…

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      424·
      2 年前

      You know synonyms exist right? And “enlargement” and “expansionism” are cleary synonyms in this context.

      The background was that President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement. That was what he sent us. And was a pre-condition for not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn’t sign that. The opposite happened. He wanted us to sign that promise, never to enlarge NATO.