Russia Awaits Security Talks With US, NATO Amid Ukraine Crisis
NDTV
Russia presented the West with sweeping security demands in two draft documents last week, one addressed to the NATO and another to the United States.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday he expects negotiations with the United States on Moscow's security demands to begin in January, with concerns mounting over the Ukraine conflict.
His comments come after the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried told reporters Tuesday she also understands talks with Russia will begin January, warning some Russian proposals were "unacceptable."
Moscow presented the West with sweeping security demands in two draft documents last week, one addressed to the NATO and another to the United States.
"It has been agreed that at the very beginning of next year, the first round (of talks) should be bilateral contact between our negotiators and American ones," Lavrov said in an interview with Russian state-funded news network, RT.
