“NATO does not instill anti-Russian sentiments and does not seek confrontation. Russia cares about security, but NATO countries do too. NATO moved forces to the Baltic countries and Poland only after Russia invaded Crimea in 2014. Russia now has occupying forces in Ukraine. , Georgia and Moldova, “the message says.
Just the facts @NATO does not instill anti-Russian sentiment and does not seek confrontation. Russia is concerned about security, but so are NATO countries. NATO transferred forces to the Baltic states only after Russia invaded Crimea in 2014. currently has occupation forces in, and https://t.co/xbsV5qfaVr
— U.S. Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) January 11, 2022
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Russia occupied Crimea after illegal referendum on March 16, 2014… The accession of the peninsula to the Russian Federation is not recognized by Ukraine and most countries of the world. At the moment, there is a checkpoint regime between mainland Ukraine and Crimea, and Kiev de facto does not control the peninsula.
On August 8-12, 2008, an armed conflict broke out between Russia and Georgia. Russian troops, together with South Ossetian formations, drove Georgian troops out of South Ossetia, which is officially part of Georgia, temporarily occupying a number of regions of Georgia adjacent to the conflict zone. Later, the Russian Federation recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In addition to Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru and Syria did it. According to Georgian legislation, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are territories occupied by the Russian Federation.
Russian troops are also in Transnistria. The region declared sovereignty in 1990, which led to an armed conflict between Moldova and the self-proclaimed republic. In the summer of 1992, hostilities ended. In the mid-90s, a contingent of Russian peacekeeping forces was brought into Transnistria. The conflict has not yet been resolved politically. The international community has not recognized the independence of Transnistria.
December 10, 2021 in the background Russian troop build-up near the border with Ukraine and in the occupied territories, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which Russia demanded from the North Atlantic Alliance to officially withdraw the promise to Ukraine to join NATO.
Alliance General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg rejected this claim… “NATO’s relations with Ukraine will be decided by 30 NATO allies and Ukraine – and no one else,” he stressed.
December 17 Russian Foreign Ministry circulated Russian draft treaty handed over to Washington with the United States and agreements with NATO on so-called security guarantees. In particular, they say that the United States must commit to exclude further NATO expansion “eastward”, refuse to admit to the Alliance states that were previously part of the USSR.
On January 10, 2022, the main round of negotiations between the United States and the Russian Federation on “security guarantees” was held in Geneva, the conversation continued approximately 7.5 hours… After the talks, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov said that the United States, due to the pulling together of Russian troops to the Ukrainian-Russian border made claims and “certain threats” Moscow, and the Russian delegation assured that the Russian Federation does not plan to attack Ukraine.
According to Ryabkov, who heads the Russian delegation, The Russian Federation needs “reinforced concrete” guarantees that Ukraine and Georgia will never become NATO members… He added that Moscow would like to see the Madrid summit, which will take place June 29-30, The Alliance has legally secured this.
United States Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman, who leads the American delegation, said at a briefing following talks between Russia and the United States that NATO’s open door principle non-negotiable.
On January 12, Russia and NATO plan to hold a meeting at the level of the Russia-NATO Council, and on January 13, a meeting of representatives of the Russian Federation and the OSCE is scheduled.
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