Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich. Archive photo VIENNA, 13 Jan. Russia was expecting a more substantial reaction on its proposals on security guarantees, said Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich. Our colleagues had enough time to comprehensively study the main points of our proposals. At least we expected a more substantial, inclusive reaction, «Lukashevich said after a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council. 
Lukashevich spoke about NATO's threat to Russian security On Wednesday, a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council was held in Brussels. The meeting followed the talks on security guarantees between Russia and the United States, which took place on January 9-10 in Geneva. On Thursday, after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, consultations were held at the Vienna platform of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. At the end of 2021, Russia published a draft treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees against further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukrainian bloc and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. 
