He has said it "probably was" a mistake to allow former Warsaw Pact countries to join NATO: "NATO expansion and Russian expansion – one leads to the other, and one reflects the other".
Ta on öelnud, et Varssavi Pakti riikide NATOsse lubamisel tehti "tõenäoliselt" viga: "NATO laienemine ja Venemaa laienemine – üks viib teiseni ja üks peegeldab teist."