PentagonWASHINGTON, Jan 31 The United States may send its troops to Europe on the basis of bilateral agreements with specific countries, and not just under the auspices of NATO, and are «actively» working on this issue with a number of members of the alliance, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing. for operations as part of the NATO Rapid Response Force, but in addition to them, the United States may use other forces in the region.The West is open to discussing its concerns with Russia, Biden said. at a briefing for journalists. In response to numerous questions, he made it clear that US President Joe Biden spoke about the troops intended for deployment on a bilateral basis last Friday. He said at the time that he would soon order the transfer of a small number of US troops to the Eastern European countries of NATO. 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 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 the borders of Russia and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. Last Wednesday, the US and NATO submitted to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals for security guarantees. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow is studying the responses of the United States and NATO.
