EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. File photoBRUSSELS, Jan 27 EU diplomat Josep Borrell said on Twitter that he welcomes the US response to Russia's security proposals and encourages continued diplomatic efforts.
"Welcome US Secretary of State's written response Anthony Blinken to Russia's security proposals. Only diplomacy makes it possible to achieve a lasting settlement for the people of Ukraine and the peoples of Europe", Borrell wrote.
He called on Russia to agree to further diplomatic efforts. «The EU and the US are united in their approach,» Borrell added. At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the US 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 Russia's borders and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. The United States and NATO on Wednesday handed over to Russia responses to proposals on security guarantees.
The MP criticized the «pointless demands» of the West to Russia