Russia refused to accept the West’s collective response on a security guarantee Russian news EN
The answer of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the head of higher diplomacy Josep Borrell can be a justified accusation of impoliteness, the Foreign Ministry expects a letter from each addressee of interests and does not accept the “collective” response officially announced by the official representative Maria Zakharova. site departments.
“Message [главы МИД Сергея] Lavrov was addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of 37 states of Europe and North America. Instead, Stoltenberg and Borrell wrote to us, which we did not contact. Such a step cannot be described otherwise than as a manifestation of impoliteness and disrespect for our request. Therefore, we cannot accept a “collective” response resembling “mutual responsibility”,” the representative wrote.
Zakharova noted that under the security documents and Russia – the observance of the principle of security and the observance of the principle of observance of the principle of security, separately from the blocs of Western countries. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepts a “collective response”, seeing in this refusal to accept these previously assumed obligations.
The diplomat said that in the conditions of the achieved standards, a new round of negotiations is not needed, and the proposals of the side provide for “simply the implementation of the agreements unconditionally and in full.”
Earlier, Zakharova denied sending a letter from Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to a senior EU foreign affairs representative, Josep Borrell.