The US administration does not put forward any preconditions for continuing dialogue with Russia on the issue of security guarantees. This was stated during a briefing for journalists by US State Department spokesman Ned Price.
“We are ready to do this [to continue the dialogue] without putting forward any preconditions,” he said.
Price also stressed that the United States will continue to take measures to “contain” Moscow until it sees steps from Russia aimed at de-escalating the ongoing crisis over Ukraine.
The Russian Foreign Ministry published drafts of a treaty between Russia and the United States on security guarantees and an agreement on measures to ensure the security of the Russian Federation and NATO member states on December 17 last year. In the document, in particular, the parties undertake to eliminate all existing infrastructure for the deployment of nuclear weapons outside their territory, exercise restraint in military planning and not take actions that affect each other's security.
On January 26, the US and NATO handed over to Russia their written responses to Moscow's proposed security guarantees. In statements, they outlined their principles in negotiations with Moscow.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said that US and NATO responses to Russian proposals for security guarantees did not cause much enthusiasm.
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