ZURICH, Jan 27 NATO will not compromise on the core principles of European security, but is ready to engage in dialogue with Russia on specific proposals, Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on his Twitter account after NATO sent back security proposals to Russia. «NATO will not compromise on the basic principles of European security. We are still ready for dialogue with specific proposals on the table. Now Russia must choose diplomacy, not confrontation,» Kofod wrote. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO on Wednesday handed over to Russia its proposals in response to Moscow's security initiatives in Europe. At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the United States 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 the borders of Russia and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. on which he is ready to negotiate with Russia
