USA: "We're not waiting on signs of de-escalation" - State Department spox

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US State Department spokesperson Ned Price discussed the negotiations with Russia regarding the tensions at the border with Ukraine, describing the Russian military build-up in the area as a “clear threat to international peace and security,” during a press conference in Washington DC on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States, on Tuesday, of ignoring Russia’s security proposals as he spoke publicly for the first time since December on the growing crisis in neighbouring Ukraine.

The State Department spokesperson also defended Israel after Amnesty International labelled it an apartheid state, and referred to a lasting partnership with Israel in which human rights played an important role.

SOT, Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson: “The secretary made clear to Foreign Minister Lavrov, as he has before, that we are prepared to engage in serious diplomacy with the Russian Federation on a reciprocal basis. He also made clear that the non-paper we sent over - our response to the so-called treaties that the Russian Federation published the other week - contain a wide range of serious substantive proposals. And we believe, when you think about the Venn diagram of our security concerns, the collective security concerns of the United States and the transatlantic community and then the stated security concerns of the Russian Federation - we believe that there is an intersection there where we can address those mutual concerns on a reciprocal basis.”

SOT, Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson: “We heard from Foreign Minister Lavrov this morning - and I will primarily leave it to the Russians to characterise their response - but that, we heard again that they are working on a formal response to the US non-paper that was sent over the other day. That draft will go to President Putin as we have known and expected all along. And when President Putin has a chance to review it and approve it, it will be coming to the United States. we understand that once that takes place, the Russians too are willing to engage in continuing dialogue. As to what form, as to the timing, that will depend on the receipt of the Russian response to our response.”

SOT, Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson: “This is not about optimism, this is not about pessimism, this is about a clear-eyed approach to what to us and what to our allies and partners is a clear threat to international peace and security.”

SOT, Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson: “Only the Russian Federation can determine how long this goes on for. We are ready either way, we are ready if the Russians are willing to continue down the path of diplomacy and dialogue in good faith. Again knowing that this is a process that, if it is to be effective, has to take place in the context of de-escalation. We are equally ready, however, if the Russians determine that they are set on the path of further and renewed aggression. This is a path that we have been walking simultaneously. As we have an outstretched hand for diplomacy and dialogue, this is a path that we have been walking simultaneously with our partners and allies.”

SOT, Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson: “We are not waiting on signs of de-escalation. We are not sitting on our hands calling for de-escalation. We are moving forward as quickly and resolutely as we can to proceed down this path of defence and deterrence. Again, this is about defensive steps that we are taking as an alliance, as a NATO alliance. Defensive steps that we are taking to shore up the defences of our partner Ukraine. Steps that we are taking to deter a Russian invasion or renewed Russian aggression against Ukraine.”

SOT, Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson: “We reject the view that Israel’s actions constitute apartheid. The department’s own reports have never used such a terminology. We are committed to promoting respect for human rights in Israel, the West Bank and in Gaza Strip. We have an enduring partnership with Israel and we discuss a wide range of issues with our Israeli counterparts, including those related to human rights.”

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