MOSCOW, February 14 Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, answering a question about the possibility response of the Russian Federation on security guarantees after the meetings of the head of state with the ministers of foreign affairs and defense on Monday, urged not to get ahead of ourselves. According to Peskov, Putin will hold meetings on Monday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The head of state will meet with the ministers separately, said Peskov. to Western proposals on security guarantees. 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. At the end of January, the US and NATO sent to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees. 
February 3, 10:05amInfographicNATO response to Russia's security assurance proposalInfographicView
