Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has announced that Russia and the US will meet in January about the list of security guarantees that Russia will provide. earlier this month has placed on the table. Military experts also participate in these discussions, he says in an interview on the website of his ministry. The talks will take place right after the Russian New Year. That falls on January 10.
Lavrov emphasizes that the negotiations must lead to a concrete result and not drag on forever, as would have happened in the past. President Putin went one step further yesterday. If the negotiations fail, we will listen to the proposals of our military experts, he said.
The Kremlin demands that NATO is distancing itself from Ukraine and withdrawing virtually all its troops and weapons from Central and Eastern European member states such as Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. NATO recently declared its willingness to engage in dialogue with Russia.
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Tensions between Russia and NATO have been running high over the past month as Russian troops build up on the border with Ukraine. That is not a NATO country, but the US and other NATO countries have Russia warned that it should not proceed with an invasion.
President Putin said on Thursday that NATO is not keeping its commitments. “In the 1990s, we were promised not to expand an inch eastward. And what happened? We were cheated. Simply cheated. NATO has expanded five times.”
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