US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken considers it possible to restore the agreement with the Russian Federation on the deployment of intermediate and shorter-range missiles in Europe. The head of the State Department told ABC channel about this before the start of Russian-American talks on security, admitting that the previous agreements “resolved concerns on both sides.”
“The previous administration left it, there is reason to renew it,” TASS quotes Blinken as saying.
Blinken also considers it possible to agree on a reduction in the scale and scope of combined-arms exercises in Europe, adding that this “will resolve concerns about the issues that Russia is talking about.”
On the evening of January 9, the first round of Russian-American talks on security issues begins in Geneva, taking place against a very difficult geopolitical backdrop, including lingering tensions around Ukraine. On January 12, the Russia-NATO Council will meet in Brussels, and on January 13, a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council will take place in Vienna. One of the main topics of these talks will be Russia’s initiatives on security in the Euro-Atlantic region, including the restoration of reciprocal moratoriums on the deployment of intermediate and shorter-range missiles in Europe.
Source: Rosbalt
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