The Foreign Ministry called the reaction of the West to the proposals for guarantees disappointing

The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian FederationMOSCOW, February 14The reaction of the West to Russian proposals on security guarantees cannot be called anything other than disappointing, said Oleg Postnikov, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry. about the non-expansion of NATO and the configuration of the forces of the alliance. The principle of indivisibility of security, which is our backbone, is bypassed, but a set of preconceived accusations, hackneyed unreasonable demands on Russia is being reproduced,» he said during a round table in the Federation Council «International cooperation in combating global challenges and threats , including the crisis of the arms control system». «/>InfographicFollowing a telephone conversation between the presidents of Russia and the United States on Saturday, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that Russia would soon bring its response to the United States and NATO on security guarantees to the United States and NATO. 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 United States and NATO submitted written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees to Moscow. Security GuaranteesInfographicView