Russia offered to negotiate de-escalation measures with NATO
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov said that Moscow is proposing to agree on de-escalation measures with NATO. In particular, we are talking about a mutual decrease in the military activity of the borders of the Russian Federation.
“Complementary Voluntary Transparency Measures”.
Belousov allows that at the moment steps are needed to improve the situation, as well as focus on the conscientious implementation of the agreements, including the Vienna Document. “
As a result, Russia, he said, proposes to agree on de-escalation measures, including mutual limitation of military activity along the border of the Russian Federation and NATO countries. It is also about “improving the mechanism for preventing incidents and dangerous military activities.”
Earlier, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that Russia would close its permanent mission to NATO, as well as suspend the activities of the military communications mission and the information bureau of the alliance in Moscow, complications in relations between the Russian Federation and the West.
Before that, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that from November 1, the Russian Federation would suspend the work of its representative to NATO, and also terminate the work of the Alliance’s information bureau in Moscow. These are the retaliatory measures of the Russian Federation to the deprivation of the accreditation of eight Russian diplomats.