View of London. File photoLONDON, Jan 27British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said he would «soon» travel to Moscow for talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the BBC reported. Earlier, Wallace suggested that Shoigu hold a meeting in London, recalling that the last time the parties crossed paths was in 2013 in the British capital at the summit of the Foreign and Defense Ministers in the «two plus two» format. To this, the Russian minister invited his colleague to come to Moscow «at any convenient time.» Great Britain, as a member of NATO, along with the United States, has recently expressed concern about the «intensification of Russian aggression» near the border with Ukraine and even sent a new batch of military instructors to Kiev, and also supplied several thousand light anti-tank missiles. Moscow is calling for an end to the militarization of the region.The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that he was ready to meet with Shoigu At the end of 2021, Russia published draft agreements with the United States and agreements with NATO on security issues. The authors of the document, in particular, demand from Western partners legal guarantees of refusing to further expand the alliance to the east, from joining the bloc of Ukraine and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. The first round of negotiations on this topic took place in Geneva on January 10. It was followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels. After that, on January 13, consultations were held at the Vienna site of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Now Moscow is waiting for a written response. Russia has repeatedly stressed that they regard accusations of aggression as a pretext that the West uses to increase the contingent in the border regions. />January 12, 08:43InfographicDraft Security Assurance Agreement between Russia and NATOInfographicView
