WASHINGTON Jan 15It is too early to talk about the results of Russia's negotiations with the United States and NATO, the continuation of the dialogue depends on responses to Moscow's proposals on security guarantees, said Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. We expect written responses from Washington and Brussels to our draft agreements,» the diplomat said in a comment to Neewsweek magazine. The text of the statement was posted by the Russian embassy on Facebook.The United States is working on a response on security guarantees, Nuland said. As the ambassador added, based on the response documents, Moscow will decide on the advisability of further joint work. Antonov stressed that Russia is ready to discuss counter proposals. According to him, «after the collapse of the USSR, the security situation in Europe deteriorated sharply,» and five waves of NATO expansion led to the fact that 2 units of the alliance today came close «to Russian borders.
"The continuing advance of the North Atlantic bloc to the east is one of the main threats to Russia's national security", the ambassador emphasized.
NATO's efforts for the military development of the former Soviet republics are unacceptable for Russia: this is fraught with the deployment of missile systems and other destabilizing weapons systems «directly threatening the country.» As a result, the risks of escalation and direct military clashes in the region and beyond will increase manifold. Everything has its own limits. We are, in fact, on the brink of an abyss,» the diplomat warned. Antonov added that the Ukrainian issue «was not on the agenda of Russian-American talks in Geneva, but was only mentioned as a secondary topic at consultations with NATO in Brussels.»< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/48351190e643486c3d1a6c389a3dcfd0.jpg" />January 12, 08:43 Infographic Draft agreement on security assurances between Russia and NATOInfographicViewNegotiations with NATOAt the beginning of the week, a series of consultations between Russia, the United States and NATO on security assurances took place: on January 9-10, the issue was discussed in Geneva at meetings with the American side, on January 12 — at a meeting The Russia-NATO Council, 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.