The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharov in an interview with Izvestia stated that the agency expects written responses from the United States to each item of the security guarantees proposed by Moscow.
She indicated that this is the only requirement for Western partners, recalling that the United States was transferred to documents that were published later.
Zakharova stressed that Russia is very open in its actions. Rounds of negotiations were held, after which there was also information coverage of the position expressed. The desire to hold a clarifying meeting was immediately given consent, despite the graphics and mass of working moments.
“Now we only want one thing – in order for us in writing on the items that we suggested, everything else. We exhibit absolute cooperation, we are waiting for written answers to each of the items,” the official representative of the Foreign Ministry concluded.
Earlier, the head of the Russian delegation at the negotiations in Vienna on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov said that Russia does not intend to infinitely wait for responses to their proposals on the US and NATO. The diplomat noticed that Moscow expects to receive an answer from Western countries next week. If the United States and NATO ignore the requirements of Russia, then Moscow will defend their safety in Europe by other methods, he stressed.