Former US official Paul Roberts emphasized that the most important mistake of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, was his trust in the promise of the Americans.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, quoted by Russia Elium website, Paul Roberts, the former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, emphasized that the most important mistake of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, was his trust in the promise of the Americans.
He added: The US government at that time gave a commitment to Mikhail Gorbachev not to expand NATO to the east.
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Roberts emphasized: Gorbachev’s mistake was that he did not understand the structure of the American system well. In America, one president can sign an agreement, but the next president can violate it, even if documents were signed between the two parties. It was based on these issues that the corrupt government of Bill Clinton made the claim that there was no agreement with Russia on the non-expansion of NATO towards the country’s borders!
The former American official added: The current American administration led by Joe Biden also expanded the scope of the Cold War that was started by Bill Clinton’s administration, the Cold War that ended during the Gorbachev-Reagan era.
Paul Roberts continued to emphasize: The Kremlin’s tolerance for the aggressive and public intentions of the West against Russia is surprising. How can the Kremlin trust the positions of the White House?!
It should be noted that Mikhail Gorbachev, the first leader of the former Soviet Union, died last evening at the age of 92 after a long illness.