US FlagMOSCOW, Feb 1 The US State Department confirmed to RIA Novosti that the American side received a response from Russia to its proposal to de-escalate the ongoing crisis around Ukraine. «We are ready to confirm that we received a written response from Russia. It would be unproductive to negotiate in a public space, so we will leave whether she wants to discuss her response,» the US diplomatic official said. He stressed that Washington remains fully committed to dialogue with Russia on security issues, including the Ukrainian crisis, and intends to continue close consultations on the subject with its allies and partners, which also implies Kiev. Waiting for a response As State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday, the US expects Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to convey Moscow's response to Washington's responses on security assurances in a February 1 phone call with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
Putin and Macron discussed the situation around Ukraine «There is only one person on the Russian side who decides what Moscow will do and what will not do. His answer is of the greatest importance to us. And we are waiting to find out what it will tell us Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sergey Lavrov) in terms of formally responding to our written proposals,” he said during the briefing. in the security sphere, on which progress is possible between the parties. They deliberately create the impression On Monday, January 31, at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya said that the West seeks to reduce the conversation with Moscow on security guarantees to the so-called settlement on the border with Ukraine. According to him , the United States deliberately creates the impression that «Moscow is allegedly deliberately pumping up tension femininity in order to exchange it later for greater US and NATO compliance. «If you look at the schedule and at this negotiation process itself, you will see that such fabrications are fundamentally wrong. Everything is just the opposite. On the crest of this wave, our Western colleagues are trying to reduce our dialogue solely to the issue of the so-called settlement of the situation on the border with Ukraine,» Nebenzya emphasized. According to him, Russia's security requirements are much broader. foreign troops is just one element of overdue agreements that could radically improve the military-political situation in Europe, and in the world as a whole,» the permanent representative said. He also dismissed Western allegations of an extraordinary military build-up of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine.Russia does not rule out provocations by Ukraine against the DPR and LPRProposals for security guaranteesAt the end of 2021, Russia published draft treaties with the United States and agreements 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 the alliance's forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997.
On January 26, the United States and NATO handed over to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow is studying the responses of the United States and NATO, after interdepartmental agreement they will be reported to President Vladimir Putin, who will decide on further steps. «/>Nebenzya announced the West's plans to quarrel Russia and UkraineEscalation in UkraineKiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly rejected such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «aggression» are used as a pretext to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Foreign Ministry previously noted that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it — this is both ridiculous and dangerous. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone.
As Sergei Lavrov stressed, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine hyped by the West is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the US and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. situation in Ukraine, said Nebenzya