Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey RyabkovMOSCOW, 21 Jan. The United States and the West today follow the agenda formulated by Russia, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, assessing the dialogue on Moscow's proposals on security guarantees. were not considered in practical terms. Now we are doing this on a daily basis, the agenda on which we are working has been formulated by us, and the United States, followed by the so-called collective West, are following this agenda. We hold the foreign policy initiative, we will work on more reliable security for our country,” he said in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel. Russia to Ukraine At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security assurances. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the east, of joining the bloc of Ukraine and Georgia, and of establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. January in Geneva at the level of deputy heads of foreign policy departments. This was followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels and consultations at the OSCE Vienna venue. In continuation of the discussions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken held talks in Geneva on January 21.Infographic
