Nato has opened talks with Russia on security issues in Europe

Nato allies have abandoned the need to negotiate with Russia despite the impossibility of Moscow’s many demands for a US-led treaty on Europe, as pressure intensifies to find a way to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

Western security officials want to avoid rejecting the Kremlin’s views in an attempt to find common ground as well to calm down where more than 100,000 Russian troops have gathered at the Kyiv border.

Russia established “red mizere”To Nato and the US last week, which also included direct statements for a western alliance to work denial of membership in Ukraine, request permission from Moscow to send troops to former Communist countries in Europe and to prevent the deportation or exercise near the Russian border.

Western officials secretly denied almost everything they wanted as impossible, unreliable and in violation of the post-Cold War treaties that guarantee autonomy and freedom of choice.

But he admits that closing the door on Moscow’s first exhibition could only make things worse. They think the idea is an opportunity to talk about it together threats of penalties Moscow must take action to destroy Ukraine.

“We have to deal with the current crisis in the embassy,” Germany’s new security minister Christine Lambrecht said on Sunday during a visit to German troops stationed in Lithuania – a force that Russia wants to be eliminated. “Let’s talk about Russia’s ideas. . . But it is unlikely that Russia will tell Nato allies how they can be, and that is something we should be clear about. “

The North Atlantic Council of Nato, a non-profit organization, stated that it was “ready to negotiate with Russia. . . on the basis of fellowship ”.

Persuading Russia to change the way it set up wars on the border with Ukraine – which US lawmakers have warned could be used against the attack – is Nato’s main goal.

But since the agreement has ruled that nothing can affect the security of its members or the Ukrainian government, officials say it will be difficult to find areas where detailed negotiations are possible.

“The problem here is that once you say no [to Moscow’s demands]”Then there is no place for you to talk,” said Nato, who also said that Nato and the EU were discussing how to respond.

Officials told the Financial Times that there was no agreement on how the talks would take place or who would take part.

Major corporations, such as the Nato-Russia Council or the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), allow for a wide range of views to be expressed and to avoid the views of major countries. discuss the results for small ones. But choosing a method of communication may be necessary in order to discuss more and get results.

Western diplomats are reluctant to allow Russia to set its own agenda, so talks will begin once Nato and the US agree on what they want in Moscow.

“We will discuss the ideas in this table. . . and all allies in the EU and NATO, “said Andrea Sasse, a spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry.” [with Russia] in the meantime, we remain faithful to our principles. And one of them is the fragmentation of NATO’s international security system. And this has consequences for what we can or cannot accept. “

The Nordic and Baltic security forces have refused to comply with Russia’s demands, according to a statement issued on Monday.

Estonia’s Minister of Defense Kalle Laanet said: “We see Russia’s brutal situation escalating and the escalation is a serious threat to the security of Ukraine, and to Europe as a whole. therefore we will discuss the present and the future in various ways. “

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, who outlined Russia’s demands on Friday, said Monday that Moscow has so far not received a response from the US.

“I think they have tried to turn this into a slow process, but we need to act fast, because things are very difficult, they are dangerous, they are very difficult,” he told State Newswire. RIA as they say.

Later on Monday, Jake Sullivan, a US security adviser, spoke with Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy adviser to Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president.

Sullivan demonstrated the US’s willingness to engage in dialogue through a number of mechanisms, including action, the Nato-Russia Council and the OSCE.

He further added that any dialogue should be based on cooperation and addressing US concerns over Russia’s actions, and working in full cooperation with US European allies and their allies.

Additional reports by Max Seddon in Moscow