RUS’s proposals for the abandonment of NATO expansion and return to the fundamental act on the mutual relations of 1997 are unacceptable for NATO, the first departure of the United States Wendi Sherman, during a briefing on the results of the meeting of the Russian Federation – NATO (SRN), broadcast is available on YouTube Canal State Department of the United States.
Sherman stated that part of Russian proposals for security guarantees in Europe are the “inappropriate option” for the West. “We are not going to agree with the fact that NATO cannot expand further. We are not going to agree to return in 1997. We are not going to agree that all countries that entered NATO should leave the Alliance,” said Zarogossectar.
During the briefing, Sherman said that all NATO members made absolutely unified positions during the negotiations with Russia. She added that the alliance member countries support the principles according to which all states should be able to choose their own foreign policy orientation.
Earlier in Brussels, the SRN meeting was completed, the theme of which was Russian proposals for security guarantees in Europe. According to the agency, negotiations continued for more than four hours. It is specified that they lasted longer than planned.
The Russian delegation at the meeting presented the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Grushko and the deputy head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin. On the part of NATO, the negotiations were attended by Jens Stoltenberg and representatives of 30 residents of the Alliance.