Moscow wishes in particular to prohibit the United States from establishing military bases in all the countries of the former USSR that are not members of NATO.
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Moscow sets its conditions. Russia unveiled on Friday, December 17, treaty proposals to drastically limit American influence and that of NATO in its neighborhood. These documents are published against the backdrop of growing Russo-Western tensions around Ukraine, a country neighboring Russia. The Americans and Europeans accuse Moscow of preparing a military offensive there.
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The two texts provide in particular to prohibit the United States from establishing military bases in all the countries of the former USSR that are not members of NATO, and to use the infrastructures there. “for any military activity” and even “develop bilateral military cooperation” with these states. All the members of the Atlantic Alliance would commit to never enlarging NATO and not to carry out any “military activity on the territory of Ukraine and in other countries of Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia”.
Reacting to the proposals, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said there would be no “no discussions on European security without our allies and European partners”.
The United States is “ready to discuss” of these documents, even if they include “some things the Russians know are unacceptable”a senior US official told reporters. Corn “If there is one more aggression in Ukraine, it will have massive consequences, and it will be very expensive”, added this senior official who requested anonymity.
President Vladimir Putin had already called for negotiations on Tuesday “immediate” on the guarantees to be given to Russia for its security. In early December, he also asked his American counterpart Joe Biden for such legal guarantees.