MOSCOW, February 17 US Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan did not comment on RIA Novosti receiving a response Moscow to Washington's reaction on security guarantees. The ambassador arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday afternoon and stayed in the building of the department for about 15 minutes. At the end of January, the United States and NATO sent to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees. On Monday, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lavrov said that Russia's response to the US and NATO responses on security guarantees is formulated, it takes 10 pages. According to the minister, the president approved the document in principle, and it will be handed over to the United States and NATO in the near future. Lavrov assured that the Russian side would publish the document after it was handed over to Western capitals. 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. why the US is inflating the topic of escalation around Ukraine
