Facebook (Meta) on Friday, January 14, blocked the page of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security issues. This was announced on Sunday, January 16, by the head of the delegation, Konstantin Gavrilov.
“On Friday (January 14. – Ed.), Facebook banned the delegation’s page, citing prohibited content,” Gavrilov quoted TASS as saying.
He added: representatives of the delegation published on their page on the social network only statements by the Russian leadership and the Russian Foreign Ministry.
On January 16, The Wall Street Journal reported that some NATO members were unhappy with the ideas put forward by US diplomats in negotiations with Russia. According to the publication, the allies of the alliance did not like the discussion of mutual steps to reconcile the West and the Russian Federation without taking into account the views of European countries.
Negotiations on security guarantees took place in three stages. 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 January 14, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed to the slowness of the United States in providing responses to the proposals of the Russian Federation. He stressed that the US and NATO want to “wind up” the process of security guarantees. Russia is waiting for written answers and is ready for any development of events, the minister added.
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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