US President Joe BidenMOSCOW, Feb. 12 Adalbi Shkhagoshev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, told RIA Novosti that US President Joe Biden probably felt that he was losing his main role in negotiations on security guarantees. The leaders of Russia and the United States had a telephone conversation on Saturday.
Why did British ministers visit Moscow often? appeal to the United States,» the politician emphasized. Arguing his position, the parliamentarian noted the recent interest of the leaders of states in a dialogue with Russia. Thus, he noted the proposals of the Turkish and French presidents, the leaders of Great Britain and a number of other European states — «all these visits are only continuing.» Russia Ukraine»Yes, negotiations will continue, but Biden's anxiety is obvious that he may turn out to be, if not superfluous, then clearly not the main character of these negotiations,» he added. 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 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 to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees.
