On 22 August, one day after the talks broke down with France and Britain, Moscow revealed that Ribbentrop would visit Stalin the next day. This happened while the Soviets were still negotiating with the British and French missions in Moscow. With the Western nations unwilling to accede to Soviet demands, Stalin instead entered a secret Nazi–Soviet pact. On 24 August a 10-year non-aggression pact was signed with provisions that included: consultation, arbitration if either party disagreed, neutrality if either went to war against a third power, no membership of a group "which is directly or indirectly aimed at the other".
জার্মানদের সাথে সোভিয়েতদের যে গোপন চুক্তি হয়েছিল, তার একটা অংশ ছিল নিরপেক্ষ কূটনৈতিক পদক্ষেপ।
either went to war against a third power