Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who led the Russian delegation at the security talks with the U.S. in Geneva last week, said that Russia will do everything possible through diplomatic means to prevent NATO from expanding to Ukraine.
"This is something that goes right to the center of Russia’s national security interests, and we will do our utmost to reverse this situation, to rebalance this situation through diplomatic means," the diplomat stressed.
On December 17, 2021, the Russian Foreign Ministry released a draft agreement on security guarantees between Russia and the United States and a draft agreement on ensuring the security of Russia and NATO member states.
Consultations on the issue took place in Geneva on January 10, followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels on January 12 and a session of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Permanent Council in Vienna on January 13.
