China News Service, February 15. According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 15th, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that the United States and NATO "actively responded" to the security proposal made by Russia, which had previously refused to agree.
Data map: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov speaks at the meeting.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Xiujun
On January 26, the United States and NATO respectively formally submitted written replies to the Russian side on security recommendations.
On February 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the responses of the United States and NATO to Russia's security recommendations ignored Russia's principled concerns.
Putin said that Russia has three key requirements, namely, NATO to stop expansion, to abandon the deployment of strike weapons near the Russian border, and to restore NATO's military infrastructure in Europe to the state in 1997 when Russia and NATO signed the basic relationship document, but these requirements Not considered accordingly in written responses.
In December 2021, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on security dialogue with the United States and other Western countries, requesting the United States and NATO to provide legal guarantees for excluding the possibility of NATO's further eastward expansion.
In the same month, Russia submitted two draft security agreements to the United States and NATO, and demanded a clear response from both.