The US government insists that closing NATO’s door to Ukraine is an unacceptable condition.
Secretary of State for U.S, Antony Blinken, announced on Wednesday that Washington has handed over to Moscow your proposals in writing to try to prevent an eventual invasion of Ukraine.
The person in charge of delivering the document was the United States ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, which has taken him in person to the Foreign Ministry of the Eurasian country.
The document addresses concerns that Moscow has publicly expressed, such as on security, and outlines areas where the United States sees potential for progress with Russia, such as arms control, transparency and stability, Blinken told the network. CNN television.
In addition, he warns that Moscow’s demand that Ukraine be excluded from NATO is not acceptable. “We will uphold NATO’s open door principle”, has said.
Blinken has reiterated that Washington and its partners and allies are “ready” to hold Russia “accountable” in the event of an invasion of Ukraine, with actions that would “significant costs” to your economy, such as controls on exports from the Eurasian country.
Similarly, he has emphasized the unity of the United States and its partners to “support what have to be inviolable principles to achieve stability and prosperity” in the coming years.
In addition, he has guaranteed that the allies are “adapting measures” so that the global energy supply not be affected “in case Russia wants to play with the gas supply” and to mitigate a possible rise in prices.
Lastly, it has stressed that Russia “has to choose” which way to go and he has insisted that if he chooses the one of “aggression” these actors are “united throughout the world”.
Moscow is also awaiting a response from the Atlantic Alliance in what is a key week for diplomatic efforts to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The security guarantees demanded by Russia They include curbing further expansion of the Alliance, in particular to Ukraine and Georgia, the cessation of all military cooperation with the former Soviet republics, and the withdrawal of NATO troops and weapons to positions they occupied before 1997.
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