North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) emblem in BrusselsBRUSSELS Feb 2 NATO declined to comment RIA Novosti, a document previously published by the Pais newspaper with a response from the United States and the alliance to Russia's security proposals. «We never comment on alleged leaks,» the alliance told RIA Novosti. cca252ef8efb12980cd42f4419e44e88.jpg» />The author of the article in Pais with responses from the United States and NATO said that he was in Ukraine NATO also recalled that the official position of the alliance in connection with Russia's proposals and the bloc's response to them was announced by the Secretary General of the organization at a press conference after sending written proposals to Moscow. On Wednesday, the Spanish newspaper El Pais said it had received a US and NATO response to Russia's proposals on security guarantees. The file was published on the online page of the newspaper with the initial data «Kyiv and Madrid» and under the title «Documents provided by NATO and the United States in response to the agreement proposed by the Russian Federation on December 17″. The documents, in particular, noted that the United States was ready to discuss mutual obligations with the Russian Federation to limit the deployment of offensive missile systems and forces in Ukraine. At the same time, it was indicated that Washington was ready to start a dialogue on arms control in response to the withdrawal of troops and peacekeepers from Crimea, Transnistria, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. At the end of 2021, Russia published draft treaties with the United States and agreements 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. On January 26, the United States and NATO sent to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow is studying the responses of the United States and NATO, after interdepartmental coordination it will be reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin, he will decide on further steps. jpg» /> The Federation Council commented on the response of the US and NATO on security guarantees
