Russia is Ready Dialogue with NATO in a Neutral Country

Russia has submitted proposals to the United States on the development of legal security guarantees on non-expansion of NATO. Russia is ready for consultations with NATO on the territory of a neutral country, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Vedomosti reported on Thursday, December 16. According to him, the Russian Federation will be represented at the talks by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. “He is ready to fly to any neutral country at any time to start negotiations,” Peskov says. He also said that the day before the Assistant to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov gave an explanation to the adviser to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan on the security guarantees that were transferred to the American side. Sullivan was also notified of his readiness to immediately begin negotiations on the drafts of these documents. Recall that on December 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to start discussing the possibility of developing specific legal and long-term agreements that would exclude NATO’s advance to the east and the deployment of weapons near Russia’s borders. Корреспондент