Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly AntonovMOSCOW, Feb 5The United States is trying to reduce all security problems to the issue of Ukraine, this is wrong and is an attempt to obscure the true state of affairs, said Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. «You know, in America they are trying to reduce all today's problems to Ukraine. I think that this is absolutely This is an attempt to obscure the true state of affairs. In fact, in our documents that we handed over to the Americans and NATO, we set a clear signal not about Ukraine, and not even just about European security, we raised a clear question about the prospects for international security, in which we live in peace,» Antonov said on the air of the Solovyov Live YouTube channel.China explained to the United States how an attempt to intimidate Russia would result 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. At the end of January, the US and NATO sent 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.
February 3, 10:05AMInfographicNATO response to Russia's security assurance proposalInfographicView
