Russia “is now waiting for responses to these proposals, as they promised us, to continue the negotiations,” Lavrov said at a joint conference in Moscow with his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock. “We bet that the discussion will continue,” he added.
However, he again rejected the request of the Westerners, who want Russia to start withdrawing tens of thousands of troops deployed on the border with Ukraine.
“We cannot accept requests about our own troops in our own territory,” said the Russian minister, assuring that these soldiers “do not threaten” anyone.
For her part, the German minister stated that she wants the dialogue with Russia to continue but refuted the idea launched by Lavrov that the soldiers do not pose any “threat”.
“In recent weeks, more than 100,000 Russian soldiers, equipment and tanks have been deployed near Ukraine for no reason. It’s hard not to see that as a threat.“, he stressed.
Russia considers itself a victim of the ambitions of the OTAN in Eastern Europe, and makes the de-escalation conditional on Westerners signing treaties to prohibit any future expansion of the Alliance, especially the accession of Ukraine and Georgia.
It also calls for the Americans and their allies to renounce military maneuvers and deployments in Eastern Europe, noting that all these demands are not negotiable.
Some demands that the Westerners branded as unacceptable, although they said they were willing to continue negotiations with Russia to avoid an armed conflict with unforeseeable consequences.
This Tuesday, the Secretary of State, Antony Blink, plans to visit Ukraine to show US support for Kiev, the State Department announced.
Source From: Ambito

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