French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le DrianMOSCOW, Feb 17French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that the rules governing security and stability in Europe «no longer exist», arms control treaties are «almost outdated.» security and stability in Europe, «no longer» because arms control agreements are «almost outdated or irrelevant.» «While Russia demands stability, guarantees, we also demand stability and guarantees. Europe we need guarantees of security and stability. We are ready to discuss this, discuss everything,» he said. Commenting on the information about the withdrawal of the Russian Armed Forces, Le Drian noted that we need to see how the «maneuvers» in Belarus, in the Black Sea and near the border of Ukraine will end. Russia is categorically denied plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine in Moscow and constantly declares that no one is threatened by anything, and all such statements are used as a pretext to place More NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. The Kremlin said that the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Statements that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the RF Ministry of Defense reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, told reporters on Tuesday. and Biden said that the situation around Ukraine remains serious
