The United States does not see great opportunities to achieve a compromise with Russia on the issue of non-exposure NATO. This was stated by the postpredient of the United States at the Alliance Julianne Smith, RIA Novosti reports.
“Our door remains open. No one has the right to slam her foot. And any decision on expansion will still be accepted by the Alliance and the appropriate country,” the American diplomat said. According to her, today there are no suggestions about NATO’s policy changes in the organization’s expansion issues.
Previously, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that Russia would seek the NATO Subject Reaction on the draft Agreement on Security Guarantees. His words sounded before the meeting of the Council of the Russian Federation-NATO. It will affect the non-dissolution of medium and low-distance missiles near the borders of the Russian Federation and the refusal to expand NATO at the expense of the former republics of the USSR.
On January 10, the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov appreciated the negotiations with the United States on security and stated that Moscow has no confidence that Washington will fulfill legally executed agreements on security guarantees if the parties conclude an agreement.