Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry PeskovMOSCOW, February 4 The Kremlin has a negative attitude towards the statements of the American side that Russia allegedly made public the US response on security guarantees, and do not allow such a combination of circumstances, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation. Earlier, the US said that the leak of US and NATO responses to Russia's proposals Moscow stands for security guarantees in the Spanish newspaper El Pais.The Americans supported Zakharova after criticizing the head of the British Foreign Ministry»We are negative, we do not allow it. To our great regret, our American colleagues are very often sure that later it turns out to be false,» Peskov told reporters, answering a question about how the Kremlin treats to US statements that it was Russia that “leaked” the Americans’ response to security guarantees to the media, whether Moscow allows such a possibility. On Wednesday, the Spanish newspaper Pais said that it had at its disposal the US and NATO’s response to Russia’s proposals on security guarantees. The file was published on the online page of the newspaper with the original data «Kyiv and Madrid». One of the authors of the material in the Spanish newspaper Pais, which published the US and NATO responses to Moscow's proposals for security guarantees, Ibay Arbide Asa told RIA Novosti that he was in Ukraine and was not ready to name the source, but believes that the publication of the text will not affect the negotiations. 
Kiev responded to the US response to Russia's security proposals At the end of 2021, Russia published draft treaties with the US and agreements with NATO on security guarantees. 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 January 26, the United States and NATO submitted to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees. 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 common ground. 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.
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