Blinken spoke about the attitude of the United States to Russia's proposals for security guarantees

“It is not clear what is or is not the central demand of Russia,” he said.

According to the US Secretary of State, Russia has presented a number of proposals, some of which are "doomed to fail, such as closing the doors of NATO to new members."

“Other proposals, if they really contribute to strengthening security on a mutual basis, then we made it clear that we can discuss them,” he said.

Blinken also said that he was not bringing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Geneva a written response to Russian proposals on security guarantees.

Blinken and Lavrov will meet on January 21 in Geneva.