Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union Vladimir ChizhovWASHINGTON, Jan 20 Russian Ambassador to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said that Russia hopes to get a US response from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Russia's proposals on security guarantees. Blinken will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva on Friday. 01/e90426fa543459f8b2291a88475891f4.jpg» />NATO Secretary General threatened Russia with a «high price» in the event of an escalation in Ukraine Chizhov expressed the hope that Blinken would bring answers to Russian proposals to the meeting. security guarantees that were handed over to the United States and NATO countries,» Chizhov told CNBC. According to him, if the United States «needs additional time, this can be discussed.» But we are waiting for a written answer,» Chizhov said. He also expressed hope that the upcoming meeting between Lavrov and Blinken will help reduce existing tensions. draft treaties with the United States and agreements with NATO on security assurances. 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 response 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.
