WASHINGTON, Jan 8 Geneva, a senior US administration official told reporters.
& # 34; Our delegation is arriving (in Geneva) tomorrow. Most likely, on Sunday they will hold the preliminary part of the negotiations, but the main meeting will take place on Monday & # 34 ;, — said a White House spokesman.
According to him, the United States does not plan to deploy offensive missile weapons in Ukraine and considers it possible to reach an agreement with Russia on this matter. «As President Biden told President Putin, the United States has no intention of doing this. So this is one of the issues where we may come to an understanding if Russia is ready to make reciprocal obligations,» he said in a telephone briefing. Washington ready to consider the possibility of mutual restrictions on military exercises, including flights of strategic aviation, added a White House spokesman. At the same time, the States do not intend to discuss the reduction of the American military presence in European countries. 
The United States will not change its position on the military presence in Europe, the Pentagon said On January 10, another round of dialogue on strategic stability will take place, after which a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council will be held in Brussels (scheduled for January 12), followed by consultations in Vienna at the platform of the Organization for Security and cooperation in Europe. Moscow on December 17 published draft agreements with the United States and agreements with NATO member states, which include, inter alia, provisions on mutual security guarantees in Europe, non-deployment of intermediate and shorter-range missiles in each other's range further expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance, including at the expense of the former republics of the USSR. The documents were handed over to Washington and its allies. According to the Foreign Ministry, if there is no reaction, a new round of confrontation is possible. US and Russian Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin also held a 50-minute telephone conversation on December 30. The owner of the White House has clearly stated that the United States does not intend to deploy offensive strike weapons in Ukraine, but has warned of possible sanctions. In turn, Putin noted that in this case, a complete rupture of relations could follow. Vladimir Putin previously emphasized that further expansion of NATO to the east and the deployment of offensive weapons on Ukrainian territory and in countries adjacent to Russia are red lines for Moscow. 
Russia will not let the idea of security guarantees be rolled up, Lavrov said