Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry PeskovWASHINGTON, 16 Jan. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with CNN, expressed the hope that the political wisdom of the leaders of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, would allow the search for mutual understanding on security in Europe to continue, but made it clear that the results of the negotiations Peskov said that Russia wants to see the West take its concerns about NATO expansion seriously and is not ready to spend a month or a year on negotiations where the parties only indicate their differences.
Biden is in for a «very bad winter» over Russia, writes Bloomberg «I sincerely believe that the wisdom of the two political leaders, I mean the wisdom, the political wisdom of President Putin and the political experience and political wisdom of President Biden, is good ground to continue trying to come mutual understanding, but the situation is critical,» Peskov said. «The critical situation has developed around Russia's concerns, national concerns. If we see the political will on the part of Washington to try to somehow take into account and discuss this with us, then this is the basis for continuation. If we continue to get a response in the sense that no, this is not discussed, then this is a reason for pessimism,» he added. In security talks this week in Geneva, Brussels and Vienna, the US and its allies responded refusal to Russia's demand to guarantee the non-proliferation of NATO to the east, including at the expense of the former Soviet republics. «We do not want to see negotiations a month or a year to discuss our differences. We want to feel the beginning of a willingness to take our concerns into account right now. Unfortunately, this is not the case,» Peskov said. «We do not know what the outcome will be (of the negotiations — ed.). We have had these three sessions of negotiations. There is some mutual understanding between us, but in general, in principle, we can say that we are on different tracks,» Peskov added in an interview with CNN. On Monday, Russia and the United States held a new round of dialogue on strategic stability in Geneva. It was followed by meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels, followed by consultations at the Vienna venue of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Thursday, focusing on the security proposals that the Russian side presented to the United States and NATO late last year.
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