Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut CavusogluMOSCOW, February 16Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, called on Turkey to contribute to the development of a constructive and responsible response to Russian proposals on security guarantees, the Russian diplomatic department reports. «Key topics on the international agenda were discussed. Sergey Lavrov informed about the ongoing work to promote the initiatives of the Russian Federation to ensure long-term legal guarantees of security in Europe. The Minister called on Turkey to contribute to the development of a constructive and responsible response to Russian proposals,» the message on the website of the Russian diplomatic agency says. NATO on Security Assurances. 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 sent to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees. During the conversation, the Russian Foreign Minister also stressed the unacceptability of the West's actions leading to the accelerated militarization of Ukraine, and the danger of rash development of military-technical cooperation with the Kiev authorities in the current conditions. , the Russian diplomatic department reported. Lavrov stressed the unacceptability of the actions of the West, leading to the accelerated militarization of this country, and the danger of rash development of military-technical cooperation with the Kiev authorities in the current conditions. Noted that there is no alternative to strict observance of the Minsk agreements and agreements reached within the framework of the Normandy format and the trilateral contact group, » — says in the comment, posted number on the website of the ministry.
