The responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees, published in the Spanish El Pais, are genuine. This was stated during a briefing for journalists by US State Department spokesman Ned Price.

“I did not see anything in these documents that would give reason to believe that they are not authentic,” he said.

Earlier, El Pais reported that it had received the full text of the confidential response of the United States and NATO to Russia's proposals on security guarantees.

The main difference between the responses of the US and NATO, the newspaper notes, is that Washington is also ready to discuss the principle of indivisibility of security, approved by the OSCE. Based on this principle, Moscow argued that the possible entry of Ukraine into NATO would affect its security. The United States allegedly indicated that it does not share this Russian point of view, but is ready to discuss "interpretations" of this principle. Later, a diplomatic source confirmed the authenticity of the published material.

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