US Assistant to the President for National Security Jake Sullivan, in a telephone conversation with aides to the Russian leader, Yuri Ushakov, announced Washington’s readiness to negotiate with Moscow on security guarantees through numerous channels, including NATO and the OSCE.
About this on Monday, December 20, reported in the White House on the results of negotiations.
“Sullivan announced the readiness of the United States to participate in diplomacy through a variety of channels, including bilateral interaction, the NATO-Russia Council and the OSCE,” the statement said.
In addition, Sullivan noted that “significant progress can only occur in an atmosphere of de-escalation, not escalation.”
Earlier on the same day, the representative of the European Commission, Peter Stano, assessed the proposals of the Russian Federation on security guarantees. According to him, the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and the 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe have already introduced the key principles around which European security is built. At the same time, the mechanisms for its observance work on the basis of the OSCE. In addition, Stano noted that the European Union should be at the negotiating table, where it will be about European security.
At the same time, State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the United States, together with its European allies and partners, intend to present their concerns about Russia’s actions.
The head of the Federation Council (Federation Council) committee on international affairs, former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin, in turn, called the draft agreements on security guarantees the principles on the basis of which Russia is ready to negotiate with NATO. According to him, Moscow is waiting for an official reaction from Washington and the European Union to these proposals.
On December 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry published draft agreements with the United States and NATO on European security guarantees. It was these proposals that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov conveyed to US Deputy Secretary of State Karen Donfried during her visit to Moscow on December 15.
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