It would be premature to say whether, after the Russia-NATO Council meeting, which will begin at 11 a.m. Greek time on January 12 in Brussels, significant progress will be made on the “security guarantees” that Moscow has demanded, he said. Alexander Grusko, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, is also in charge of the Russian delegation to the forthcoming NATO consultations.
“Either we move towards removing Russia’s legitimate concerns related to the Alliance’s military activity, its expansion, or we will be forced to choose other ways of securing our national security. The military-technical tools for this option are quite wide-ranging “, said A. Grusko, noting that depending on how the meeting will develop, decisions will be made in which direction Russia will move further.
“I can not say if one, two, three or four meetings are enough. “At the moment it would be like guessing at a cup of coffee,” he said. the adoption of a decision, which will really improve the situation in the field of military security in Europe “, as Moscow is not going to” negotiate, for the sake of negotiations “.
As head of the Russian delegation to the talks with NATO, A. Grusko said that he will be accompanied by officials of both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Russia, estimating that “the (Russian) military will not only are present at the meeting, but also in the most direct way will participate in the discussion of military security issues “, but also that high-ranking military will also participate in the NATO delegation, as this event” will be an indicator of their readiness for really serious, practical dialogue on all essential aspects of military security in Europe “.
However, as the Russian Undersecretary revealed, due to the complete cessation of Russia-NATO relations, decided by Moscow, “after the unfriendly actions of NATO towards the Russian diplomatic representation in Brussels”, as he claimed, there are no representatives and no representatives. Therefore, neither the agenda of the meeting nor the organizational details can be discussed in detail, but the Russian side is formulating its delegation “in a way that understands the issues to be raised at the meeting and their importance. ».
The US and Russian delegations will meet in Geneva on January 10, and the OSCE will hold consultations in Vienna on January 13, with Moscow considering the two draft agreements, which it announced in December, as a basis for discussion. others provide legal guarantees for non-further NATO expansion to the east and in particular non-accession of Ukraine to the Alliance and non-development of military cooperation of the Atlantic Alliance with other countries, which were former Republics of the USSR. Many of the provisions of the two draft agreements were declared unacceptable by the US and NATO.
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