State flags of Russia and the USAMOSCOW, Jan 26 Security, Bloomberg reports. «A written response from the United States to Russia has already been delivered,» Jennifer Jacobs, a correspondent for the agency, said on Twitter. will not publish the US response on guarantees if they ask At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the US and an agreement with NATO on security assurances. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further eastward expansion of NATO, joining the Ukrainian bloc, and establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also contain a clause on the non-deployment of NATO strike weapons near Russia's borders and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. The first meeting between the Russian Federation and the United States, dedicated to dialogue on Russian initiatives, was held on January 10 at the level of deputy heads of foreign affairs agencies. This was followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels and consultations at the Vienna site of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. In continuation of the discussions, on January 21, talks were held in Geneva between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Lavrov, after talks with the US Secretary of State, said that Washington promised to send Russia a response to proposals on security guarantees within this week. Lavrov noted that it would be correct to publicize Washington's response on security assurances, would ask Blinken to do so. -content/uploads/2022/01/8edd1f9d4f2d18d41bb510f8debea47e.jpg» />Infographic
