Ryabkov: Russia is ready “even tomorrow” to negotiate with the US on security guarantees – Politics
MOSCOW, December 17. / TASS /. Russia is ready to go to negotiations with the United States on security guarantees “even tomorrow” and is proposing Geneva as a platform. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov at a briefing on Friday.
“For our part, we are ready immediately, even tomorrow in the literal sense of the word – on Saturday, December 18 – to leave for negotiations with the United States in a third country, the Americans in this regard have already been offered Geneva to launch these important negotiations on the base, on the platform on the platform of those” two projects.
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At the same time, the diplomat added that the US and NATO have not yet demonstrated their readiness to start negotiations with Russia on security guarantees.
“So far we have no reason to say that they [США и НАТО] ready to start negotiations [по гарантиям безопасности]as we offer it in the literal sense of the word of tomorrow, because it is no longer a matter of delay, “the diplomat said.
The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation did not rule out that the Western partners deliberately drag out the negotiation process with Russia on security guarantees. “Yes, it may well be,” he noted. “But, you know, colleagues on the other side are generally great masters of using tactics, procedures, and processes as needed, so that if they are uncomfortable, meaningful work is not carried out, or dragged on, so that all this fizzled out, there is such a risk. “
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All security guarantees between Russia, the United States and NATO have many issues that can be resolved through any technical problem.
“In principle, the questions are so clear, they are discussed, they are being tested at different sites, I don’t see any technical problems to regulate all this. Moreover, we have already done a significant part of the work for our Western colleagues: they wrote everything in a contractual language, we checked everything out, all the references, they even made a translation, the translation was checked against the sources, “the diplomat said.
“All on a platter for you [преподнесли], you just have to subscribe to this. In general, this can be done in a couple of days, “Ryabkov noted.
He also points out that Washington has so far rejected Russian projects. “Until we were told no. They didn’t tell us yes, but they didn’t say no either, “Ryabkov said.” anywhere “<...>… We are ready to meet with the Americans wherever it is convenient, and to do it immediately. “
On Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry circulated two Russian draft documents on legal security standards from the US and NATO.