Russia pays special attention to safety guarantees and has developed interrelated and specific proposals. This was stated by the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Grushko during a press conference after the meeting on the results of the negotiations of the Council Russia – NATO (SRN), the broadcast is available on the YouTube Channel Tass.
“If we talk about security, then this is not a Chuguev philharmonic – here we play here, they do not play here, here the herring is wrapped up,” Grushko compared. He noted that the Russian side presented with Western colleagues absolutely interrelated proposals that contain and stopping the NATO promotion to the east, and the elements necessary for de-escalation.
Previously, the Secretands of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg called the condition for the progress of negotiations with the Russian side. According to him, for serious progress in the security guarantee dialogue, de essoculation is needed.
In the afternoon of January 12, the meeting of the SRN was completed in Brussels, 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.