“Russia, despite the refusal of the West to provide it with security guarantees, continues to keep the door open for negotiations.
We don't demand anything unrealistic.
We are ready to discuss the proposals of opponents, to look for mutually acceptable solutions.
And we will continue and increase the dialogue on security guarantees,” Matviyenko said in an interview with Parliamentary Newspaper.
She also stressed that Russia does not intend to continue negotiations on security issues indefinitely.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the preparation of Russia's response to the United States and NATO on security guarantees is in its final stages.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, answering a question from an RT correspondent, said that Russia would publish its response to the US and NATO counter proposals on security guarantees.