The US authorities received a written response from Russia on the subject of security guarantees, CBS reports.

“We can confirm that we have received a response from the Russian Federation. It was handed over to Ambassador John Sullivan in Moscow today,” the American diplomat told the TV channel.

RIA Novosti reports that the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the transfer of the Russian reaction to the previously received written response from the United States. As noted in the department, the American authorities had previously "chosen topics convenient for themselves" and "twisted" Moscow's proposals.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia additionally emphasized in its response the “unacceptability of demands” for the withdrawal of Russian troops from the border areas near Ukraine. She demanded that Western countries and NATO completely withdraw all their advisers from Ukrainian territory and abandon the exercises with Kiev.

Moscow also announced the need to withdraw absolutely all "forces and weapons" of the United States from the Baltic states, Central and Eastern Europe. Russian diplomats expect clear proposals on the format of NATO's legal waiver of eastward expansion.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow would publish its reaction to Washington's response to Russian proposals for security guarantees a few hours after handing over the document to the American side; this will happen on February 17th.

In early February, the US and NATO refused to sign a treaty on security guarantees in Europe proposed by Russia. Western partners do not agree with the demand not to accept former Soviet countries into the alliance, which was supposed to be part of the agreement with Moscow. In addition, the US and NATO have accused Russia of "breaking the trust" that underpins cooperation between the countries because of the situation around Ukraine. Nevertheless, the West is ready to continue discussing with Moscow measures for joint disarmament and de-escalation.

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