The US will consult with allies before giving a written response to Russian security proposals. The answer is expected to be sent to Russia this week. About this on Monday, January 24, informed State Department spokesman Ned Price at the briefing.
“As the US Secretary of State stated on Friday (January 21 – Ed.), We expect to send a written response this week. Before that, what we’re doing now we are constantly coordinating and consulting with allies and partners. We are doing this as part of the unprecedented, rapid, strong, tough, unified response that Russia will face in the event of further aggression, ”said the representative of the American foreign policy department.
According to him, Washington receives a reaction from them and will include it in its written response.
“We are considering our next step in contacts – this is the provision of a written response from the Russian Federation. We shared our ideas with our European allies. We get feedback from them. We include their reactions in the written response. And when we’re ready to hand it over, we’ll do it. We expect this to happen this week,” Price said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said January 21 after meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that Washington had agreed to provide Moscow with written responses to security guarantee proposals next week.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the same day that Russia would make “serious political decisions” if the US and NATO response on security guarantees was disappointing. At the same time, Ryabkov noted that the role of diplomacy in any case remains central.
White House press secretary Jan Psaki indicated that the United States, in written proposals it will send to Russia, will describe Washington’s vision of how countries can strengthen each other’s sense of security.
Negotiations on security guarantees were held in three stages in January. 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 on January 13, consultations ended at the Vienna site of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
On December 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry published draft agreements between Russia, the United States and NATO on security guarantees. It follows from the documents that the alliance must renounce any military activity on the territory of Ukraine and other states of Eastern Europe, Transcaucasia and Central Asia. Also, Russia and NATO must pledge not to create conditions that can be regarded as a threat by the other side.
Source: IZ
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