Russia: Moscow to seek ‘firm legal guarantees’ from US at Geneva talks, spox Zakharova says

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Moscow will seek firm security guarantees from Washington at the US-Russia talks in Geneva on January 10, speaking at her weekly briefing in Moscow on Thursday.

“During the negotiations, we will seek firm legal guarantees from the US side for the security of the Russian Federation, specifically that NATO will not advance eastwards and that weapons systems that threaten Russia will not be deployed near our borders,” the spokeswoman said.

She also commented that “the EU has recently been making quite a few comments on the latest Russian proposals, and, most interestingly, each time we see different statements on the subject.”

“In other words, there is no coherent, unified, consensual or if not adopted by consensus, then developed line of our Western partners within the EU, within NATO and so on. There is an absolute multitude of voices,” she stated.

Zakharova also announced that the NATO-Russian Council takes place in Brussels on January 12, and the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on January 13. According to her, at the meetings “the Russian side will present a detailed assessment of the current intolerable military security situation in Europe.”

SOUNDBITES:

SOT, Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Russian): “The OSCE’s ‘quiet diplomacy’ has failed on this front, it is not working. Not only that, it creates a false sense of permissiveness for the Kiev regime. Apparently, it is so quiet that it is not heard anywhere. I am sure it is not even heard in Vienna.”

SOT, Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Russian): “There will be talks in Geneva on 10 January by an inter-agency delegation from Russia and the United States. Under the direction, I mean the Russian delegation, of our Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and the first deputy, I mean the US side, of Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. The date is set, there are no alternatives at the moment.”

SOT, Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Russian): “During the negotiations, we will seek firm legal guarantees from the US side for the security of the Russian Federation, specifically that NATO will not advance eastwards and that weapons systems that threaten Russia will not be deployed near our borders.”

SOT, Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Russian): “Then at the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels on January 12, and at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on January 13, where the incoming Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will present priorities. The Russian side will present a detailed assessment of the current intolerable military security situation in Europe.”

SOT, Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Russian): “The EU has recently been making quite a few comments on the latest Russian proposals, and, most interestingly, each time we see different statements on the subject. In other words, there is no coherent, unified, consensual or if not adopted by consensus, then developed line of our Western partners within the EU, within NATO, and so on. There is an absolute multitude of voices.”

SOT, Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Russian): “In case our Belarusian colleagues initiate an investigation into the egregious facts voiced by serviceman Emil Czeczko, we will provide them with the necessary support, including in line with our mutual obligations under the Programme for Co-ordinated Action in the Field of Foreign Policy of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Union State.”

SOT, Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Russian): “The organisation of the referendum is a purely internal matter for Belarus. If we receive an invitation from the Belarusian side, the issue of sending, even of observers, will be resolved positively.”

SOT, Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Russian): “The Russian Embassy in Belarus keeps the situation around the Russian citizen under control and is in constant contact with the lawyer Egor Dudnikau and his relatives. If his procedural rights are violated, the embassy will take the necessary measures within its authority.”

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