Key Takeaway:
- Russia’s relations with the US haven’t hit their lowest point still. Security proposals Moscow has made help ease tensions, deputy foreign minister Ryabkov.
- A pair of nuclear-capable Russian long-range bombers guarded the skies over Belarus on a mission on Saturday .
Russia stated on Friday that it wanted a legally binding guarantee that Nato would give up any military activity in Eastern Europe and Ukraine, part of a wish list of security guarantees it intends to negotiate with the West.
Russia’s relations with the US haven’t hit their lowest point still. Security proposals Moscow has made help ease tensions, deputy foreign minister Ryabkov, was quoted on Saturday.
Russia stated on Friday it wanted a legally binding guarantee that Nato will give up any military activity in Eastern Europe and Ukraine, part of a wish list of security guarantees it intends to negotiate with the West. For the first time, it laid out demands that it says are essential for lowering tensions in Europe and defusing a crisis over Ukraine.
“I think we didn’t hit the lowest point, thank God, and there is progress in some aspects at the very least, and not everything is hopeless,” the news agency quoted Ryabkov as saying on Saturday. Moscow needs predictable relations with Washington, he stated.
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“The situation could be stabilized and improved with the help of such agreements. Without them, the situation will remain complicated and tense,” Ryabkov said, Interfax reported.
On Friday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the US is prepared for dialogue with Russia over its security demands and present its concerns.
Nuclear-capable bombers on patrol over Belarus
A pair of nuclear-capable Russian long-range bombers guarded the skies over Belarus on a mission on Saturday intended to underline defense ties between the two allies amid tensions with the West.
The Russian defense ministry stated two Tu-22M3 flew a four-hour mission to practice “performing joint tasks with the Belarusian air defense and air force .” The bombers were rescued by Belarus’ Su-30 fighter jets, which Russia has supplied to its ally.
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