Undersecretary Nuland: US working on written responses on security assurances
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The United States declared its readiness to continue dialogue with Russia. Now they are working on written responses on security guarantees, RIA Novosti reports the words of US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland.
Nuland noted that the United States and the Russian Federation heard each other at the talks, but did not really start a serious discussion. “We want to keep talking. We believe that this should be done on the basis of reciprocity, namely, they will express their grievances, but we also have our concerns, ”said Nuland.
At the same time, according to her, the States, for their part, have already prepared 18 scenarios of actions in the event of a “Russian invasion” of Ukraine alleged in the West. “I'm not going to pre-reveal 18 different scenarios. I will simply say that my allies and I are ready to quickly inflict sharp pain if Russia makes any [aggressive] step,” the diplomat stressed.
Earlier, the Federation Council reacted to possible sanctions against Russia, which were proposed by representatives of the ruling Democratic Party in the United States. Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, called the West's initiative a hysterical attempt to convince US President Joe Biden not to enter into a dialogue with Russia.
