Austrian Foreign Minister called unacceptable a number of Russian proposals in the field of security

“Much of what Russia has proposed is simply unacceptable,” Shallenberg said in a statement to RIA Novosti.

He added that he is closely following the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

“They remain rather sustained in an aggressive tone, but I hope that we will find a common denominator,” said Schallenberg.

According to the minister, if the situation around Ukraine worsens, the West will prepare a “very strong general response” within the framework of internal procedures.

He also expressed hope that a way out would be found to resolve the situation.

Earlier, the head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov believes that at the meeting between Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken there could be a breakthrough in negotiations on security guarantees.

Blinken and Lavrov will meet on January 21 in Geneva.

At the same time, the head of the State Department noted that Lavrov was not lucky in Geneva with a written response to Russian proposals on security guarantees.

As the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier, Russia needs the reaction of the United States and NATO to each article of the draft documents proposed by him on security guarantees.

The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, noted that the situation regarding security negotiations with the United States and NATO is generally clear, but written wordings will have to wait.