Russia-USA: hope for diplomacy | euronews
After talks in Geneva, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, it became known that the United States and Russia were planning to hold a new meeting. It should take place after Moscow received a written proposal from Washington for a security guarantee. In Geneva, Lavrov reiterated that Russia, contrary to US fears, was not going to attack Ukraine.
The situation around Ukraine should be settled by the identified cases, and the identification of cases of the emergence of law. On this occasion, UN Secretary General António Guterres said:
“Obviously my message is that the threat is irrelevant in this situation. I believe that the way to resolve problems is diplomacy. I am sure that this one is not an aquarium, and very much that I hope is right.”
It is noteworthy that unpleasant situations continue to grow the military presence of Russia on the Russian-Ukrainian border. This statement was made by the press secretary of the US Defense Department, John Kirby. “We are concerned, but we suggest that there is still a possibility for discovery,” Kirby said.
The day before, engineers of the combined arms army of the Western Military District called for exercises in the Voronezh region bordering Ukraine. More than 500 military personnel were involved in them. The area where the exercises are to be conducted worries the countries of the West.