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) emphasized the US commitment to international principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and the freedom of sovereign nations to choose their own alliances, "State Department Press Officer Ned Price said in a statement.
During the meeting, the parties also discussed bilateral topics that will be discussed during an extraordinary meeting within the framework of the Strategic Stability Dialogue (STD) on January 10.
Sherman also reaffirmed that the United States would welcome genuine progress through diplomacy.
Earlier Ryabkov described the preliminary Russian-American meeting on security guarantees, which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, as amazing.
The first round of talks in a narrow format in Geneva was scheduled for the evening of January 9, January 10, work will continue in a wide format.
On the part of the military, Russia will be represented by Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin in negotiations with the United States and NATO on security guarantees.