Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich VIENNA, January 13 Russian proposals on security guarantees are not a menu from which to choose, they aim to determine which lines cannot be crossed, and to agree on approaches, said Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich. “Our initiatives are not a menu from which to choose convenient elements. They are of a package nature. They are based on the principle of indivisibility of security, approved by all the leaders of the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian states, which must eventually be confirmed in a legally binding form. commitments, not to mention oral assurances and promises, which neutralized all the earlier attempts by the Russian side to stop negative trends in the development of the military-strategic situation in the OSCE area of responsibility, «he said in a speech at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council. 
Yesterday, 08:43 InfographicsDraft agreement on security guarantees between Russia and NATOInfographicsViewAccording to the Russian diplomat, the state of affairs in the OSCE area has systematically degraded, one of the main reasons for which was the policy of the United States and NATO to contain Russia. As part of this process, the military development of the post-Soviet states continues with the aim of using their potential against the Russian Federation, whipping up tensions on its borders, Lukashevich added. which we have jointly formulated and enshrined in many documents cannot be ignored. This is not an ultimatum, as some in this room, perhaps, would like to say, but an invitation to professional, substantive discussions on issues of war and peace. Today's conversation is a direct consequence of the total imbalance of mechanisms for maintaining the minimum permissible degree of stability and predictability of processes in the Euro-Atlantic «, — said the permanent representative of the Russian Federation, calling the situation in the field of European security» depressing «and» absolutely intolerable «. 
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