Russia weighs US and NATO responses to security demands
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Weeks after Moscow delivered its security demands to the United States and NATO, the Western powers have handed over their highly anticipated responses, putting the onus on Russia to act next on the Ukraine crisis.
In December, after building up troops at the Ukraine border, Russia called on NATO to pull back its forces and weapons from Eastern Europe and permanently block Ukraine, a former Soviet state, from becoming a member.
But in a written response to those demands, delivered in person on Wednesday by the US ambassador in Moscow, Washington repeated its commitment to upholding NATO’s “open-door” policy.
Shortly after, NATO, which is led by the US, said it had delivered its replies “in parallel with the United States”.
While Russia’s attempt to constrain the transatlantic security alliance appears to have been rebuffed, Washington says it wants to keep pursuing a diplomatic path to address Moscow’s concerns and discuss issues such as arms control and confidence-building measures with the Kremlin.
Meanwhile, Kremlin says Russia main demands to the USA and NATO have not been taken into account.
The Kremlin says it looks clear that Russia’s main demands have not been taken into account by Washington in the latter’s response to Moscow’s security proposals.
“It cannot be said that our views were taken into account, or that a readiness to take our concerns into account was demonstrated,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Peskov did however say it was in both Moscow and Washington’s interests to continue dialogue, though warned that remarks out of Washington and NATO about Russia’s main demands being unacceptable did not leave a lot of room for optimism.
He also described the current tensions as reminiscent of the Cold War era.
