The United States is ready to discuss the withdrawal of exercises and the maximum approach distance of aircraft and ships
Moscow. January 28. INTERFAX - The US responses to Russian proposals on security guarantees "cast a shadow over the fence," but they have topics that can be discussed, such as the INF Treaty and verification measures, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"We received only the day before yesterday answers that in the Western style "cast a shadow on the fence" in many ways, but there are rational grains, as I have already said, on secondary issues," Lavrov said in an interview with Russian radio stations.
According to him, among such topics that were important for Russia at some stages are medium- and shorter-range missiles, a moratorium on the deployment of which in Europe was previously proposed by the President of the Russian Federation. In addition, Russia offered to coordinate verification measures for such a withdrawal.
"Then it was ignored, and now it is included in their proposals. Just as our initiatives introduced by the General Staff were ignored, on the withdrawal of exercises away from the border on both sides, on the coordination of the maximum distance for the rapprochement of combat aircraft and ships, a number of other de-escalation and deconflicting measures, confidence-building measures," the minister added.
