Before the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels MOSCOW, Jan 12 Meeting between Russia and the United States on security guarantees was quite successful, and it is roughly clear where the parties should move on, while the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council left more questions due to the complexity of the dialogue with a large number of participants, said Andrei Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council. and the United States on January 9-10 in Geneva held consultations on Moscow's proposals on security guarantees, after which a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council took place in Brussels on Wednesday, and later consultations will be held in Vienna at the platform of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. 
The expert said about the «strange» tonality of NATO in negotiations with Russia According to Kortunov, it is worth distinguishing between the bilateral Russian-American meeting and the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, because the bilateral meeting in Geneva has an agenda primarily related to strategic nuclear weapons. with medium-range missiles in Europe. As the expert noted, the work between the Russian Federation and the United States is difficult, so far controversial, but it is roughly clear where one can come there, since despite all the disagreements, there is a common strategic culture of the two countries. «But if we talk about relations between Russia and NATO, then here the discrepancies are much greater and they are to some extent fundamental.That is, (there are) different views on European security, on the conditions for ensuring it, on what is legal and illegal, just and unjust, what everyone can and cannot afford And the composition is more complicated, «- explained the interlocutor of the agency. Kortunov added that the complexity of the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council is added by the fact that it is necessary to interact with all the countries of the alliance at once, which at the same time are not always in solidarity with each other.» I think that the first phase — the meeting in Geneva — was quite successful, at least predictably. And it is more or less clear in which direction we need to move on. ooze in Brussels leaves much more questions. Here, as always, the devil is in the details, that is, many aspects remained incomprehensible, at least for now, «Kortunov emphasized. 
The Bundestag supported Russia in the issue of non-expansion of NATO The expert noted that, for example, one of such details is NATO's proposal to Russia to resume the work of missions in Brussels and Moscow, while it is not clear in what format. «That is, are we returning to the situation that was last summer? But then there is not much sense in this,» Kortunov said, adding that if the alliance's proposal is about restoring interaction between the military at different levels, then, of course, This is a change in NATO's position and such a change can be welcomed. Speaking about the prospects for further meetings of the Russia-NATO Council, Kortunov said that it is necessary to wait for some time, see how the parties clarify their vision of the further development of relations and the further negotiation process, and on the basis of this already draw conclusions whether the meeting in Brussels can be considered a success or a failure. «While it seems that a lot of questions remain not entirely clear. But in any case, I would say that the fact that no one slammed the door, no one left the negotiations, that the negotiations lasted longer than planned, the parties listened to each other, apparently tried to somehow understand mutual fears and ideas about the challenge ah and threats, that in itself is good. There has been no such dialogue for a long time. I think that the fact that it took place and was not interrupted suggests that not everything is so bad, «the expert summed up. At the end of 2021, Russia published a draft treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, it demands from Western partners legal guarantees of refusal from further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the bloc of Ukraine and from the creation of military bases in post-Soviet countries. 
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