Seven hours of talks to discuss possible “mutual limitations on missiles and military maneuvers” in Eastern Europe, as the deputy secretary of state and US head of delegation Wendy Sherman announced at a press conference at the end of the meeting. The Russian-American summit on security ended in Geneva with the Ukrainian question at the center of the confrontation between the two countries.
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“It was a frank and straightforward discussion of ways we can set mutual limitations on the extent and scope of military exercises. At the end of the week, the US and Russian governments will discuss how to continue the talks,” Sherman explained. , which reiterated Western warnings in the event of an invasion of Ukraine and that NATO’s “open doors” policy will continue despite Russian requests. On the Ukrainian question, Sherman said the United States does not know “whether Russia is willing to de-exclude”. Russia did not “respond” to the US request for “de-escalation” on the Ukrainian border. Moscow, explained Sherman, could initiate this “de-escalation” “by sending back to their barracks the soldiers” amassed at the border in recent weeks.
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“There are no plans or intentions to attack Ukraine. There is no reason to be afraid of an escalation,” said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. But the US must operate “as cautiously as possible” to manage tensions on the Ukrainian border to avoid “any kind of confrontation or aggravation” of the situation. “The United States has taken our concerns very seriously and we have explained in detail our concerns about NATO enlargement, we need to see an Atlantic Alliance step, if we didn’t see it it would be a NATO mistake and damage to the his safety “. “I would never want to face the situation in which NATO countries find themselves making a mistake and acting to the detriment of European security”. Washington should not “underestimate” the risk of a confrontation, added the head of the Russian delegation. However, there are grounds for an agreement with Washington, the Kremlin envoy specified.
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