Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 30Russia wants good, even, mutually respectful, equal relations with the United States, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Joe Biden, who, at a meeting in Geneva in June 2021, confirmed just such a mindset,” Lavrov said in the Sunday program on Channel One. «/>The United States is doing everything to push Russia and Ukraine together, Volodin said. He added that Russia has its own interests, just like the United States. «Taught by bitter experience, we do not want to remain in a position where our security is being infringed on a daily basis,» the Russian Foreign Minister stressed. 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 Ukrainian bloc and from 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. According to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the document reflects US concerns about Russia's security actions and proposals on areas where countries can find points of contact. According to him, there are «very positive things» in the written response, the United States is ready to move forward in areas where cooperation with Russia is possible, ready to discuss common security, the response once again emphasizes that the United States will not compromise NATO's «open door» principle.
NATO Secretary General threatened Moscow with an increase in alliance forces near Russia's borders
