Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels. Archive photo WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 Moscow expects Washington and its allies to provide a reasoned written response to proposals on European security, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said.
& # 34; We have our own withdrawal initiatives the situation from the crisis was presented. They were clarified on January 10 in Geneva, and on January 12 within the framework of the Russia — NATO Council in Brussels. We are waiting for an adequate response, but not in the form of populist statements, but well-reasoned written proposals & # 34 ;, — said the head of the diplomatic mission.
According to Antonov, Washington is not able to reasonably defend its point of view at the talks. «One gets the impression that American politicians through the press launched the myth of the «imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine» and now they themselves are overcoming their own phobias. Moreover, behind the demands of the legislators «more painfully to punish» our country lies an attempt to influence Russia against the background of the ongoing negotiations on European security, «the ambassador added. a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council was held, before that, on Monday, bilateral talks between the delegations of Russia and the United States took place in Geneva. The Kremlin insists on the termination of military cooperation of the bloc with post-Soviet countries, refusal to establish bases on their territory, and restrictions on the deployment of strike weapons near the Russian borders, export of American nuclear weapons from Europe and guarantees of NATO's eastward expansion. Today consultations will continue in Vienna within the framework of the OSCE Permanent Council meeting. 
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