German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht said NATO plans to discuss Russia’s proposals on security guarantees. The head of the defense department spoke about this on December 18 during her visit to Lithuania.
Lambrecht said that Moscow will not be able to impose its views on the alliance.
“We must resolve the tense situation in which we find ourselves, both at the diplomatic level and through credible containment measures. This includes the fact that we need to talk to each other. This means that the discussion of the proposals submitted by Russia is correct and important, but it is impossible [допустить]so that Russia dictates to NATO partners how to position themselves, ”said the German Defense Minister at a press conference.
Earlier that day, ex-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that Kiev should be one of the first to respond to Moscow’s proposals on security guarantees for Russia.
The former Ukrainian leader noted that now the fate of Ukraine is being decided and “the strategic horizon of its development is being determined.” According to Poroshenko, any negotiations on security guarantees for Russia should be related to the issues of Crimea and Donbass.
On December 17, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced that Russia had formed a team to negotiate with the United States on security guarantees. The diplomat called on his American colleagues to determine, in turn, their composition.
On the same day, the Russian Foreign Ministry published draft treaties between Russia and the United States and NATO on security guarantees. As follows from the documents, in particular, the alliance should refuse to conduct any military activity on the territory of Ukraine and other states of Eastern Europe, Transcaucasia and Central Asia.
On December 18, Ryabkov said that Russia had offered the United States to hold talks on security guarantees exclusively on a bilateral basis, stressing that the participation of other countries would make them meaningless.
On the same day it became known that the United States was going to give a response to the RF proposals on security guarantees next week. According to a White House source, the US presidential administration found some of the proposals useful and others unacceptable.
Source: IZ
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