The United States hopes that following the talks between Russia and NATO in Brussels, the Russian authorities will choose security and peace. This was announced by the head of the press service of the US State Department Ned Price on Wednesday, January 12.
He noted that the talks discussed areas in which the Russian Federation and the United States can make progress by strengthening collective security.
“During today’s meeting, NATO Allies expressed their views on areas where NATO and Russia could potentially make progress together in a way that enhances collective security for all of us and, moreover, for the world. They include mutual actions to reduce risks, as well as to ensure transparency, increase the effectiveness of interaction and control over arms, ”he said at a regular briefing for journalists, a recording of his speech was published on the department’s page in Twitter.
According to the State Department spokesman, the US authorities would support the resumption of the work of the Russian diplomatic mission to NATO. Washington believes that this would facilitate dialogue.
“We support the statement by the Secretary General (Jens Stoltenberg) that NATO Allies are interested in considering the possibility of reconstruction representations of NATO and the Russian Federation in Moscow and Brussels, ”he said.
According to Price, the United States does not see any signs of de-escalation of the situation around Ukraine.
“De-escalation can happen tomorrow or Friday. We would like to see this, while this does not happen, “- said the head of the press service.
The meeting of the Russia-NATO Council ended in Brussels on Wednesday. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the North Atlantic Alliance. Negotiations began at 10 am local time (12:00 Moscow time). The meeting lasted longer than planned – more than four hours.
The Russian interdepartmental delegation included representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The alliance was chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The meeting was also attended by representatives of 30 NATO member countries.
Stoltenberg called the NATO-Russia Council meeting “a difficult but important discussion.” He said that the parties discussed the situation in Ukraine, as well as security issues in Europe. The Alliance Secretary General stressed that there are disagreements between Russia and NATO, which “are not easy to overcome, but it was important to start a dialogue.”
At a press conference following the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that de-escalation of the situation in Ukraine is possible if Kiev is forced to comply with the Minsk agreements. He stressed that NATO should stop military assistance to Ukraine.
Security guarantees are negotiated in three phases. On January 10, a meeting of the Russian and US delegations took place in Geneva. On January 12, a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council was held in Brussels, and the next day consultations are scheduled at the Vienna platform of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Source: IZ
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