“We are waiting for a written response from our colleagues. We believe that they understand the need to do it immediately and in writing,” Lavrov said.

Russia has warned the US and NATO on Friday that “it will not wait forever” for a response to its demands to establish legally binding security guarantees to prevent further expansion of the Alliance and the placement of weapons near its borders.

“We are waiting for a written response from our colleagues. We believe that they understand the need to do it immediately and to do it in writing. We will not wait forever,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at his opening press conference. of year.

The country has been open to addressing European security issues with the European Union (EU), but only if the United States is also present in that dialogue.

“We are not so concerned about who is in the negotiations if the United States is at the head of them, because how the security policy is being built in Europe and, in fact, in other parts of the world, depends on them,” he said. Lavrov.

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