MOSCOW, Feb 1From the US response on security guarantees, it is already clear that the American side has ignored Russia's fundamental concerns, Vladimir Putin said. At a press conference following talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the Russian president said that Moscow was carefully analyzing the responses to proposals on security guarantees. «But it is already clear, I informed the Prime Minister about this, that the fundamental Russian concerns were ignored. We did not see adequate consideration of our three key requirements,» Putin said. Among the main points, the President of Russia called the prevention of NATO expansion, the refusal to deploy strike weapons systems near Russian borders, as well as the return of the bloc's military infrastructure in Europe to the state of 1997.
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p>Putin recalled that after the collapse of the USSR, the North Atlantic Alliance promised not to promote infrastructure to the east, but now NATO includes the Baltic countries, Poland and Romania. — the president added. At the same time, he recalled that the policy of «open doors» is not fixed anywhere in NATO documents. «They say: the policy of» open doors «. Where did it come from? In NATO, the policy of» open doors «… Nowhere. In article 10 of the 1949 treaty, if my memory serves me, it is written about the creation of NATO that the alliance, in agreement with all participants and members of NATO, can accept other European countries into this organization. Maybe, but not obliged, «the president said. Putin stressed that Moscow is striving to avoid an escalation of the situation in Ukraine, for this it is necessary to ensure the security of all interested parties — Russia, the EU, and Ukraine. According to him, Washington is using Kiev as a tool to contain Russia, not caring about the interests of the Ukrainian side. The Russian leader expressed the hope that the Kremlin and the White House will be able to find a solution to the problem, but it is still difficult to say what it will be.
The West is trying to forget about the principle of indivisibility of security, Lavrov saidUkraine issue and negotiations with the WestIn recent months, relations between Russia and the West have become even more tense. Washington and Brussels accuse the Kremlin of preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine and, against this background, are strengthening their presence in Eastern Europe and threatening to tighten anti-Russian sanctions. Moscow rejects all claims and recalls that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements: the Ukrainian authorities have concentrated half of the personnel near the line of contact armies and fire at militias with prohibited weapons. The Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry have repeatedly indicated that the goal of the «aggression» stuffing is to build up a foreign group near the Russian borders. They also explained that the main reason for the escalation was the actions of the United States and NATO, which «pumped» Ukraine with weapons, thereby pushing it to military adventures. east, however, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, it was its Western partners that they ignored in their written response. /uploads/2022/02/ec4d0de7956e5562fc0cec0a34b6f2d8.jpg» />Infographic