The United States asked Russia not to publish Washington’s response on security guarantees

The United States has asked Russia not to publicize Washington’s response to Moscow’s security guarantee proposals, The Washington Post (WP) reports.

At the same time, a senior State Department official did not rule out that the Russian side could make the document public as soon as Washington hands it over, RBC notes.

As the WP source pointed out, while the United States response will still not satisfy Russia’s demand that NATO refuse to move east and accept Ukraine into its ranks, President Joe Biden’s administration believes that it is in the interests of Russian leader Vladimir Putin to read it. USA.

At the same time, TASS adds, the State Department specified that the US written response would include American proposals on security issues and demonstrate Washington’s interest in continuing dialogue with Moscow. However, the document will not contain promises that NATO will abandon its open door policy on the issue of new countries joining the alliance.

Earlier, Lenta.ru recalls, US presidential press secretary Jen Psaki assured that the United States would respond in writing to Russia’s security proposals.

Let us add that the day before, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks that lasted an hour and a half. According to the Russian minister, the meeting was “interim”. Russia, he said, during the meeting in Geneva heard a preliminary verbal reaction to its proposals for security guarantees. Lavrov hopes that the meeting with Blinken will help the United States prepare responses to proposals for security guarantees.