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US will not withdraw troops from Eastern Europe – Department of State

State Department denied reports of plans to withdraw troops from Eastern Europe

Earlier, some media outlets said that Washington considers it possible to discuss with Russia the reduction of its contingent.

Reports that the US is considering withdrawal from Eastern Europe, which were previously published by the media, are incorrect, said on Friday, January 7, in Twitter State Department spokesman Ned Price.

“It is not true that the administration is developing options for the withdrawal of US troops from Eastern Europe in preparation for talks with Russia next week,” he wrote.

Price also added that the State Department reported this to NBC, which first published the news.

The corresponding publication came out on the evening of January 7th. In it, the media citing sources wrotethat the United States considers it possible to discuss with Russia a reduction in the number of its troops in the countries of Eastern Europe.

“The issues of reducing the scale of military exercises conducted by both sides and timely notification of the movement of troops may also be raised,” the journalists said.

NBC sources emphasized that any revision of the US military presence in Eastern Europe would be possible only subject to reciprocal steps from Moscow.

The channel later added to the article a comment from White House national security spokesman Emily Horn, who also denied plans to reduce the military contingent. According to her. the US administration is not discussing with Russia the number of troops stationed in the Baltics and Poland.

Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reacted to the pulling together of Russian troops to the border of Ukraine.

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