MOSCOW, Dec 2 — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today that Moscow needed “long-term security guarantees” that would halt Nato's eastward expansion, Moscow said.
During a bilateral meeting with Blinken, Lavrov told the US diplomatic chief Moscow wanted a legally binding promise that Ukraine would not be allowed to join Nato and that the bloc would stop its eastward expansion, Moscow said. Lavrov added that Russia needed “long-term security guarantees on our western borders, which should be viewed as an imperative requirement.”
Russia plans to present concrete proposals in the near future and expects the West to take them seriously, he added.
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