Lavrov discussed the situation in the Euro-Atlantic with the Italian Foreign Minister

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in MoscowMOSCOW, 17 Feb. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he and his Italian counterpart had discussed problems in the Euro-Atlantic region, with an emphasis on Russia's security proposals. sent in mid-December to the United States and to the North Atlantic Alliance,» Lavrov said at a press conference following the talks. did not rule out the possibility of a «reset» of relations between the West and Russia At the end of 2021, Russia published draft agreements 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 Russia's borders 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. On Monday, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia's reaction to the US and NATO responses on security guarantees has been formulated, it takes 10 pages. According to him, the President approved the document in principle, and in the near future it will be handed over to the US and NATO. Lavrov assured that the Russian side would publish the document after it was sent to Western capitals.