US President Joe Biden. File photoMOSCOW, 2 Oct. The words of US President Joe Biden about his readiness to defend «every inch of NATO territory» reminded the world of Washington's long-standing promise not to expand the alliance to the east, writes the Chinese edition of the Global Times. The media remembered that US Secretary of State James Baker once made a promise to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO «will not move an inch east.»NATO's unexpected maneuver to contain Russia was revealed in China a potential NATO ally, but only as cannon fodder to prolong the conflict as much as possible and try to weaken Moscow. «Ukraine's value as a pawn has not yet been fully exploited by the United States. As long as they are trying to exhaust Russia, they will have no desire to end the crisis or stop using Kyiv in interests,” writes GT. feel safe.» Instead of pushing for solutions to end the conflict, Washington has shown again and again that it is moving in in another direction, fanning the flames of war,» the media concluded. On September 30, President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions signed agreements on the inclusion of these regions into Russia. Against this background, Zelensky said that Kyiv would immediately apply for an accelerated entry into NATO. However, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recalled that in order to accept a new member into the military bloc, the consent of all 30 participating countries is required, although he promised that NATO would concentrate efforts on providing assistance to Kyiv.
Zelensky was reprimanded in the USA
