Russian President Vladimir Putin during talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in the KremlinMOSCOW, February 8 >There is not a single point in Russia's proposals on security guarantees that cannot be implemented, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. press conferences following talks with French President Emmanuel Macron. The talks between the presidents of Russia and France lasted more than five hours. from the creation of military bases on the territory of post-Soviet countries that are not members of NATO. The parties also undertake not to conduct military exercises with the development of scenarios for the use of nuclear weapons; not to deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles within range of each other; not to deploy nuclear weapons abroad and to return those already deployed, as well as to eliminate the infrastructure for the deployment of nuclear weapons outside their territory; not to deploy weapons and forces in those areas where it will be perceived by the other side as a threat to national security; to refrain from flying heavy bombers in nuclear and non-nuclear equipment outside its own sky. In the draft agreement on security guarantees with NATO, Russia proposed to exclude further expansion of the alliance and the accession of Ukraine to it, to abandon military activities on the territory of Ukraine and other countries of Eastern Europe, Transcaucasia and Central Asia. Russia and NATO members, as of May 1997, should refuse to deploy forces and weapons on the territory of other European countries in addition to the forces that were there at that time. Moscow and NATO also commit not to deploy intermediate- and shorter-range missiles within range of each other; not create conditions that may be regarded as a threat by the other party; confirm that they do not see each other as adversaries and set up hotlines for emergency contacts. security
