The United States considers Russia’s fertile fears about the expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance to the east, said the specialized US presidential specialist in the Russian Federation and Ukraine Kit Kellog in an interview with ABC News. “This is a fair fear. We have repeatedly said that the issue of Ukraine’s accession to NATO is not discussed, ”he said. According to KELLOL, the same position on Kyiv’s entry into the Alliance is shared by at least four more countries-NATO members. As previously reported sources, Vladimir Putin wants to receive “written assurances” from the leading countries of the West that NATO would not expand to the east. The specialist also called on not to refuse negotiations with Russia, even if Moscow did not present its A memorandum with proposals for the ceasefire and the end of the war before a meeting in Istanbul on June 2. “I spoke with their (Ukraine) chief negotiator, Rustem Umrov, who will head negotiations during the next meeting in Istanbul. He also has not seen anything yet. I always warned them: do not say such things, do not say that you will not come. You need to show the seriousness of intentions, ”he said. At the same time, KELLLOL noted that either Ukraine or the United States has still seen the Russian memorandum. In addition, Kellogue said that Russian and Ukraine’s negotiations will come to Turkey on the security of Germany, France and Great Britain. It was this group, according to him, that participated in the compilation of the Ukrainian version of the memorandum of 22 points during meetings in London and Paris. From the statements of KELLLOL, it is not clear whether European officials will directly participate in the negotiations. The first in three years of the war, direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine took place in Turkey on May 16. The parties were represented by delegations of officials. According to the results of the meeting, they agreed to prepare a memorandum for their part, as stated in the Russian Federation, “on all aspects of reliable overcoming the root causes of the crisis.” The main head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, said that Russia invites Ukraine to hold a second round of direct negotiations in Istanbul on June 2. According to him, Moscow prepared a memorandum and is ready to submit it during the meeting. Ukrainian insists that the Russian Federation transfers the document in advance. The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umarov said that the meetings “should give results”, so each of them needs to be prepared for each of them, and for this Kyiv needs to understand the Russian position. Kyiv, according to Umarov, has already handed over his position to Moscow. Why negotiations between Ukraine and Russia were doomed by Tatyana Politika, why negotiations between Ukraine and Russia were doomed by Tatyana Stanovaya (Carnegie Politika) (Tagstotranslate) News
