Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov. Archival photo MOSCOW, January 9 Moscow regrets that the United States continues to insist on unilateral concessions from Russia and prefer speculation instead of constructiveness, this cannot be the basis for a productive discussion on security guarantees, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA Novosti. discussion of NATO's non-expansion and the non-appearance of strike weapons near its borders. 
The Foreign Ministry assessed the signals from the West before the meeting on security «All this is in a legal form. Unfortunately, we hear all sorts of speculations that Russia should do this, should do something different, take such a step, any step. We have repeatedly reacted to this raising the issue, and at all levels, and there can be no basis for any not only agreement, but even a productive discussion, «the Deputy Minister emphasized. and NATO to really perceive what we need, «Ryabkov said, assessing the upcoming meeting.» But we, of course, under suppression and in the regime of threats that are constantly formulated against us by Western participants in upcoming contacts, will not make any concessions. » , — the deputy minister noted. According to him, «this is completely excluded.» «This would mean acting against our own interests, against the interests of our security,» Russia and the United States will hold consultations on Moscow's proposals on security guarantees on January 9-10 in Geneva, followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels, and consultations at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna. 
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