Former diplomat and professor of the Catholic University of America, Michael Kimmage, appreciated the negotiations that were held between Russia and the United States with NATO on January 10 and 12. In an interview with Lente.ru, the analyst said that it was difficult to talk about the success of meetings, but also there was no obvious failure.
he noted that the parties made respectful and professional statements on the results of the first round of negotiations in Geneva. The statements of the participants of the second round of negotiations held in Brussels, although they were less positive, but were not hostile. At the same time, the meetings continued quite a long time, which makes it possible to judge that the parties were talking about.
“Achieve something certain failed, but it could be worse,” Kimmide said. At the same time, there was no pleasant surprises, so the specialist found it difficult to say whether negotiations will continue. According to him, nor in the position of Russia, nor in the positions of the United States and NATO significant shifts, it seems, did not happen.
This week Russia spent a series of negotiations on security guarantees in Europe, trying to achieve from the United States and NATO consent to sign documents obliging the Alliance to stop their expansion at the expense of the former Soviet republics. The West appreciated these sentences as unacceptable.