Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
1 February 2022 20:13
133-01-02-2022
On February 1, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the latter's initiative.
They continued their exchange of views on providing legally binding security guarantees to Russia in the context of the written response of the US and NATO to the initial drafts of the international legal agreements. Foreign Minister Lavrov emphasised the imperative character of our demands that all OSCE countries faithfully abide by the commitment not to enhance their security at the expense of the security of others, including NATO's non-expansion and non-deployment of offensive weapons near Russian borders.
Opportunities to continue working on security guarantees were discussed in light of the current proposals under consideration.
During the discussion of Ukraine, Sergey Lavrov called on his counterpart to use US influence on the Ukrainian authorities to compel them to fully implement the Minsk Agreements instead of ratcheting up the aggressive rhetoric and loading up the Armed Forces of Ukraine with various types of weapons.
During the discussion of the bilateral agenda, Mr Lavrov spoke about Washington's unacceptable policy of restricting the activities of Russian diplomatic missions in the United States. The officials agreed to step up the search for ways to remove these "irritants."
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