U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria NulandMOSCOW, Jan 15The United States intends to continue dialogue with Russia and is working on written responses on security guarantees, said Deputy State Department Secretary Victoria Nuland. there are concerns,» she said in an interview with the Financial Times. According to Nuland, the door for a diplomatic solution from the United States is open. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasized the day before, over the past thirty years the country has «On promises, on some kind of political incantations, nothing will work.» Therefore, Moscow insists that NATO non-expansion guarantees be legally fixed, and is waiting for a clear response from Washington to Russian proposals.The Russian Embassy responded to US statements about the timing of the «invasion» of UkraineNegotiations with NATOAt the beginning of the week, a series of consultations took place between Russia, the United States and NATO on security guarantees: on January 9-10, the issue was discussed in Geneva at meetings with the American side, on January 12 — at a meeting of the Council Russia — NATO, and on January 13 — at the OSCE site. Lavrov said that the West promised next week to give written answers to Russian proposals on a treaty with the States and an agreement with NATO. As the minister emphasized, Moscow needs a specific answer to each article of the documents put forward — the further actions of the Russian side and the prospects for resuming negotiations will depend on this. funds near the Russian border, the removal of American nuclear weapons from Europe, and guarantees of NATO non-expansion to the east. between Russia and NATOInfographicView
