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DISINFO: NATO remained hostile even after the Warsaw Pact was dissolved

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DISINFO: NATO remained hostile even after the Warsaw Pact was dissolved

SUMMARY

NATO remained hostile to Russia even after the latter dissolved the Warsaw Pact, which was confronting NATO in the Cold War.

RESPONSE

A recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about NATO allegedly pursuing a belligerent and hostile agenda against Russia.

NATO is a defensive alliance, whose purpose is to protect its member states. After the Brussels summit in June 2021, NATO issued the following communiqué:

For more than twenty-five years, NATO has worked to build a partnership with Russia, including through the NATO-Russia Council (NRC). While NATO stands by its international commitments, Russia continues to breach the values, principles, trust, and commitments outlined in agreed documents that underpin the NATO-Russia relationship. We reaffirm our decisions towards Russia agreed at the 2014 Wales Summit and all our subsequent NATO meetings. We have suspended all practical civilian and military cooperation with Russia, while remaining open to political dialogue. Until Russia demonstrates compliance with international law and its international obligations and responsibilities, there can be no return to “business as usual”. We will continue to respond to the deteriorating security environment by enhancing our deterrence and defence posture, including by a forward presence in the eastern part of the Alliance. NATO does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia. Decisions we have taken are fully consistent with our international commitments, and therefore cannot be regarded by anyone as contradicting the NATO-Russia Founding Act.

Furthermore, NATO exercises, including the annual Sea Breeze exercise taking place in June 2021, and military deployments are not directed against Russia.

See more cases in our database with claims that NATO promised not to expand further east; or that NATO wants to create an anti-Russian "belt"; or that NATO’s actions are openly anti-Russian; or that NATO forgot all the previously existing agreements and expanded despite promises made to Gorbachev.

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