Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov GENEVA, Jan. 9 Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov, commenting on the preliminary part of the talks between Russia and the United States on security guarantees, which will be held in Geneva on Monday, said that in his opinion, tomorrow the meeting participants will not waste time. “The conversation was difficult, but businesslike, we plunged into the matter of upcoming affairs, I think that tomorrow we will not waste time. I never lose my optimism, I am always guided by it, «said the diplomat. New forms of integration of Russia with partners frighten the United States, said in the State Duma On Sunday evening in Geneva, the American delegation held a preliminary part of negotiations on strategic stability with the Russian side, the main part will be held on Monday. This will be followed by a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels (scheduled for January 12), followed by consultations in Vienna at 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, in particular, provisions on mutual security guarantees in Europe, non-deployment of intermediate and shorter-range missiles in each other's reach and refusal from 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, in the absence of a reaction, a new round of confrontation is possible. 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.
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