Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meeting with German Foreign Minister Annalena BurbockMOSCOW, Jan 18< /strong> It will not work to delay specific agreements on security guarantees, the matter is very serious, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after a meeting with the German Foreign Minister. taken at the highest level,» the minister stressed. It clearly states that each country has the right to choose its alliances, but it also says that each country is obliged to ensure its security in such a way as not to endanger the security of any other country, Lavrov recalled.
The Bundestag called Burbock's words about Ukraine and NATO distorting reality «We asked our German colleagues, as we asked the Americans, to explain to us how they interpret this particular part of the obligations in practice. We will hope that this conversation will continue. This is a very serious matter, and it is simply impossible to delay specific agreements on this matter,» the diplomat said. At the end of 2021, Russia published draft agreements with the United States and agreements with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the bloc of Ukraine and from establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. — On January 10, the issue was discussed in Geneva at meetings with the United States, on January 12 — during a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, on January 13 — at the OSCE site. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the United States promised next week to «put on paper» a response to Russia's proposals, a written response from NATO is also expected within a week. Russia, according to Lavrov, needs a specific answer to each article of the documents put forward, the further actions of Moscow and the prospects for resuming negotiations will depend on the response of the United States and NATO. />January 12, 08:43InfographicDraft Security Assurance Agreement between Russia and NATOInfographicView
