George W. Bush says US promises not to expand NATO in the past do not matter

He said this in a conversation with Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, known as Lexus and Vovan.

"Times change.

Baker was my father's secretary of state.

It was many years ago, which means that the United States needs to adapt flexibly to the times, ”said the ex-president.

He also answered yes to the pranksters' question that "doesn't matter what Baker actually promised Gorbachev in the past?"

"Yes, that's right," Bush said.

Earlier, the German publication Der Spiegel reported that a 1991 document was found in the National Archives of Great Britain, in which Western countries declared the unacceptability of NATO expansion to the east.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg later said the alliance had not broken its promise not to expand eastward.