Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to negotiate on the situation around Ukraine and security guarantees. This was stated by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov in an interview with CNN.

He noted that the Russian leader "always insisted on negotiations and diplomacy."

"(President -) He initiated the issue of security guarantees for the Russian Federation. Ukraine is only part of the problem, it is part of a larger problem of security guarantees for Russia and, of course, President Putin is ready to negotiate,” the Kremlin spokesman said.

Earlier, Putin said that in Moscow's proposals for security guarantees, which were sent to NATO and the United States, "there is not a single point" that the Russian side "deems unenforceable."

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.

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