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2023-08-20 22:27:50 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F221798C991FF172579504CE2851BD0693261B58152909EBC49BE26A2A6556E2
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There was never any written promise. Article 2(1)(a) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties includes only an international agreement which is. 'in written form', thus excluding oral agreements." With the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act, Russia agreed to enlarge NATO. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early
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