UN Secretary General Guterres urges US and Russia to avoid escalation

“The UN Secretary General wants the parties to avoid rhetoric and other things that could lead to an escalation of the situation,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier it became known that the UN welcomes the negotiations between the delegations of Russia and the United States on security guarantees.

Later, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian side was expecting a reaction from the United States to proposals for security guarantees within a week.