Russia owes “more to NATO” on the borders
Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, February 19, said Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
“If he (the Kremlin) wants to split the association, he will get even more opportunities for association,” Stoltenberg stressed.
He recalled that NATO is a defense alliance, it does not threaten anyone Russia or anything else. But will accept occasional gatherings for its members.
US Vice President Kamala Harris, in her speech at the conference, accused Moscow of “narrowing the path for dialogue” in the situation with Ukraine. Although, according to her, the US and its allies were talking “toward serious diplomacy.”
As Harris said, Washington made strong proposals, called for and spoke with Moscow in a dialogue based on NATO, the OSCE, the UN and bilateral dialogue.
“We stated that we received a denial of good faith. Russia has said it is ready to negotiate, but at the same time it is narrowing the path for diplomacy.
Harris threatened unprecedented sanctions in the event of an “invasion” of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. In her opinion, these will be not only measures, but also financial, fraught with serious consequences, and export controls. “We will also hit the institute and key areas.
For its part, the President, Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson, said at the Munich Conference that NATO is ready to give Vladimir Putin guarantees that the alliance does not pose a threat to Russia.
“There is a road ahead of the president if Putin is ready. As he claims, he can be detained. Because in reality, we all know that all these emissions are an illusion. They are the product of the Kremlin’s chronic misperception of NATO,” US Johnson quoted RIA News.