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Spugge
Det finns inga muntliga avtal mellan stater.
Det är debunkat av Gorbatjov.
lite tvärtom är det nog, enligt wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_One_Inch
During the 1990 meeting in Moscow,
Gorbachev declared that any expansion of NATO would be unacceptable. According to Gorbachev, James Baker replied: "We agree with that". However, Sarotte said, the US National Security Council was concerned that Baker was leaning too far out of the window, which was not in line with US strategy. In particular, Baker's statements on the non-expansion were more hypothetical or "exploratory" in nature; his and Genscher's statements did not correspond to the views of the US and West German governments. In an article for the Financial Times in 2023, she highlighted this element once again:
What is crucial for any accurate account, however, is the knowledge that this discussion was speculative and highly contingent – and that Baker's boss, US President George H. W. Bush, made it clear at the end of February that he did not consider a limitation of NATO's future desirable or necessary. He insisted that the foreign minister would no longer use such formulations. In obedience, Baker wrote confidentially to his German colleagues in the same month that discussions about NATO's area of responsibility "should be avoided in the future."[1]
During the 1990 meeting in Moscow, Gorbachev declared that any expansion of NATO would be unacceptable. According to Gorbachev, James Baker replied: "We agree with that". However, Sarotte said, the US National Security Council was concerned that Baker was leaning too far out of the window, which was not in line with US strategy. In particular, Baker's statements on the non-expansion were more hypothetical or "exploratory" in nature; his and Genscher's statements did not correspond to the views of the US and West German governments. In an article for the Financial Times in 2023, she highlighted this element once again:
What is crucial for any accurate account, however, is the knowledge that this discussion was speculative and highly contingent – and that Baker's boss, US President George H. W. Bush, made it clear at the end of February that he did not consider a limitation of NATO's future desirable or necessary. He insisted that the foreign minister would no longer use such formulations. In obedience, Baker wrote confidentially to his German colleagues in the same month that discussions about NATO's area of responsibility "should be avoided in the future."[1]
Uppfattade ryssland det som ett löfte?
var det de facto ett löfte som senare ignorerades?
