French President Emmanuel MacronPARIS, Jan 25 The EU should be fully involved in the response French President Emmanuel Macron announced Russia's proposals made in December last year. The French leader took part in a video conference organized at the initiative of US President Joe Biden, during which the topic of Ukraine was discussed. The videoconference was also attended by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Council Charles Michel, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the leaders of Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Italy, Poland. in preparing the response to be made to the Russian proposals of December last year,» the Elysee Palace communiqué says. At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the United States and an agreement 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 creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. On January 10, Russia and the United States held a new round of dialogue on strategic stability in Geneva. It was followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels. It was followed on Thursday, January 13, by consultations at the Vienna site of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The main focus of these discussions was the security proposals that the Russian side presented to the US and NATO at the end of last year against the backdrop of the escalating crisis in Ukraine. announced the need for work to de-escalate around Ukraine
