“I made clear to Minister Lavrov that there are certain principles that the US, our partners and allies, are committed to defend. That includes those that would impede the sovereign right of the Ukrainian people to write their own future. There is no trade-space there – none,” he said.
likely Russian interpretation:
they are prepared for war in order to keep the agenda of surrounding our country with hostile forces in place. not solely the Ukraine, but all, and any. this is a severe destabilisation of our country that we cannot accept.
"However, he added, there was room to do a deal over a number of other issues referenced in the proposals. “On the security concerns Russia has raised in recent weeks, the US, our allies and partners are prepared to pursue a possible means of addressing them – in a spirit of reciprocity, which, simply put, means Russia must also address our concerns,” he went on. “There are several steps that we can take, all of us, Russia included, to increase transparency, to reduce risks, to advance arms control, to build trust.”
likely Russian interpretation:
they are delaying again. we cannot trust them, and sacrifice our current advantage.
"NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has criticized Moscow’s requests, saying that the country has no veto on Ukraine’s efforts to join the bloc, and that it will not accept a “two-tier” membership system that prevents it from deploying troops in certain states."
likely Russian interpretation:
we understand you do not care if we have to kill your troops that threaten us. this says more about yourself than us.
https://www.rt.com/russia/546761-us-not-deal-moscow/
Russia awaits the American written response.
"Speaking to journalists shortly after the meeting in the Swiss city of Geneva on Friday, Lavrov said the US side had set out its initial view on the two draft treaties developed by the Kremlin. “Blinken told me he was satisfied with the exchange we had and that it will help him, he assured us, to issue a written response next week.” However, Lavrov added, at present “their reaction is only preliminary – we were warned about this.”
https://www.rt.com/russia/546755-us-...ato-proposals/
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