She noted that the American side expects Russia to de-escalate the situation around Ukraine.
“We are open to appropriate consultations in the NATO-Russia format, in the OSCE format,” Nuland quoted TASS as saying.
On December 17, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published draft treaties with the United States and the North Atlantic Alliance on security guarantees.
In particular, the draft stipulates that NATO undertakes to exclude Ukraine from joining the alliance.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the US has seen Russia's proposals for security guarantees and is discussing them with NATO allies.
Later it became known that the United States will transmit to Russia its proposals for negotiations on security next week.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin on the air of the channel "Russia 1" in the film "Russia.
Contemporary History ”declared Kiev's failure to fulfill its obligations to transfer the USSR's foreign property to Russia.