French President Emmanuel Macron during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the KremlinMOSCOW, February 8 > Perhaps the new security solutions in Europe will be innovative, said French President Emmanuel Macron. and rights. But I am sure that we can build security and stability in Europe, confirming the developments that we already have within the OSCE. But we also need to build new solutions, perhaps they should be more innovative,» Macron said. after negotiations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the United States and an agreement 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 US and NATO sent 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 US is ready to move forward in areas where cooperation with Russia is possible, it is ready to discuss common security, the response once again emphasizes that the US will not compromise NATO's «open door» principle.
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