Former departure of the United States for political issues and the former Ambassador of the United States in the Russian Federation Thomas Pickering in a conversation with RIA Novosti expressed hope for progress in the dialogue on the confusion of missiles with Russia and pointed out that Moscow should answer about this.
“It’s too early to talk about the individual aspects, where it was possible to achieve progress, but the United States, apparently, is positively configured to establish restrictions on the placement of missiles in some form. Russia will need to study them to give an answer,” the diplomat emphasized .
Picering added that the establishment of connections between Russia and NATO can only be hoped, despite the meeting held at the current week. According to him, there is a set of topics to conclude an interim agreement, but there are no signs yet.
Ex-Zarogossektartar pointed out that the key achievement is the fact of negotiations on key security issues, as well as planning further contacts and the interest of the parties in achieving progress.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he was waiting for the written response of the United States and NATO to Russian security guarantees. According to him, Moscow’s partners have already understood that they should give answers quickly, specifically on paper, and also “understood that Russia will not wait for infinitely.”
Consultations on the Agreement on Security Treaty in Europe were held on January 10 in Geneva, and on January 12, a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council was held in Brussels. In addition, on January 13, a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Safety and Cooperation in Vienna was held, where Russian suggestions were also considered.