Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed at a February 2 briefing that the Spanish newspaper Pais had indeed published a US and NATO response to Russia's security proposals.

"Offers put forward by the United States were leaked to a European publication," Kirby said.

At the same time, he stressed that the United States did not publish this document.

"But now it is published, and it confirms to the whole world what we have always said. There are no discrepancies between our public statements and private discussions," the Pentagon spokesman added.

Moscow unveiled its security proposals on 17 December. In particular, they refer to the refusal to expand NATO to the East, to accept Ukraine as part of the Alliance, to establish military bases in the countries of the former USSR, and to refuse to deploy NATO offensive weapons in Eastern Europe.

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