The US and NATO are ready to restore relations with Russia, but may deploy more troops in Eastern Europe in the event of its “aggression against Ukraine.” This is stated in the response of the United States and the alliance to Russia’s proposals for security guarantees, published by the Spanish newspaper El Pais.
The parties proposed to restore relations and work of the embassies closed last year. In addition, the United States is ready to discuss mutual obligations with Russia to limit the deployment of offensive missile systems and forces in Ukraine, as well as to “take a number of confidence-building measures” in the military sphere: in particular, to establish an emergency contact line that will help prevent incidents in the air. and on the sea.
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At the same time, like Russia, representatives of the West are not ready to make concessions on issues of principle for themselves.
Washington refused to give Moscow guarantees that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO
According to the text of the document, the United States continues to fully support the policy of open doors of the North Atlantic Alliance for all states, and therefore guarantees that Ukraine will not join the organization are impossible.
At the same time, the United States is ready to discuss the issue of the indivisibility of security with Russia, according to which the security of one state should not be ensured at the expense of the security of another.
Washington stressed that this is only one of the points of the agreements of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), concluded in 2010, and that the rest of the provisions of the agreement cannot be ignored. In particular, the American side recalled the right of every country to join any alliance
The United States proposed to immediately discuss arms treaties
Washington wants to immediately start discussing agreements to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START, or START-3) and include new types of nuclear systems in arms control agreements. As part of this dialogue, it is also proposed to discuss tactical nuclear weapons.
In addition, the United States is ready to discuss mutual transparency measures and mutual commitments by both Washington and Moscow to limit the deployment of offensive missile systems and permanent forces with a combat mission on the territory of Ukraine.
The American side is ready to discuss with Moscow a mechanism that will confirm the non-deployment of Tomahawk cruise missiles in Romania and Poland. At the same time, Washington demanded from Moscow mirror measures in relation to two ground-based missile bases of its choice on the territory of Russia.
A diplomatic source confirmed the authenticity of the document
A source RIA News stated that the published papers are really US and NATO responses to Russian proposals.
At the same time, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in a comment to Gazeta.Ru refused confirm the authenticity of US and NATO responses, noting that such a question is best addressed to US representatives.
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