VIENNA, Jan 13 Russia is disappointed with the West's reaction to its security proposals, the permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich.In Vienna, earlier consultations at the site of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe were completed. The US demands to return the troops «to the barracks» are unacceptable, Lavrov said. «, — said the diplomat at a press conference. According to him, the OSCE countries» exercised, interpreted in their own way «the principle of indivisibility of security enshrined in the documents,» considering that no one can influence the choice of the security system of this or that state. » They put an end to this, although the documents contain a formula that continues the formula that when choosing ways to ensure security, the concerns of other states must be taken into account, «he added. At the same time, the diplomat stressed that the Russian delegation managed to convey its position on these issues.
The West refused to provide Russia with security guarantees: what next? interests of Russia «, — said Lukashevich. He stressed that Moscow does not put an ultimatum, but offers to sort out the problems that have arisen and find compromises.» The fundamental differences that we felt in Geneva and especially in the framework of the discussion of the RF-NATO Council on how the principle of the indivisibility of security, of course, again and again convinces of the correctness of the Russian arguments that this principle and guarantees for the implementation of this principle should be consolidated in a legally binding form, «he added. Monday, in Geneva, bilateral negotiations took place between the delegations of Russia and the United States.
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