For the first time since the 90s, the NATO declaration does not mention the expansion of the alliance

The final declaration of the NATO summit, adopted in The Hague on June 25, lacks a statement on the alliance's commitment to an open-door policy, Izvestia found out.

The block is with you: Moscow will demand NATO guarantees on Ukraine

There is no wording about the inevitability of Kiev's joining the alliance in the communique of its summit, but this is not enough for Russia.

The new five-point document contains provisions on plans to increase military spending to 5% by 2035, on collective defense, as well as on the time and place of the next summits.

The point of support for the open door policy was present in the declaration approved by NATO leaders in Washington in 2024.

For the first time, the provision on NATO's commitment to the open door principle was mentioned in the final declaration adopted in 1994. It was the first summit of the North Atlantic Alliance states after the collapse of the USSR.

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Block therapy: at the end of the summit, NATO did not mention expansion for the first time since the 1990s