MOSCOW, December 15. The Russian foreign Ministry does not accept attempts to present the contacts of the head of Russian foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry, which on Tuesday will hold talks in Moscow, in the context of the containment of Russia. This was stated by Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
“We are depressing and cause the complete rejection of attempts by the U.S. contacts of this kind to present in the context lines to contain and “isolation” of Russia. This is a deliberate distortion of the real state of Affairs, such statements are made for the sake of anti-Russian-minded part of the international community,” said Ryabkov.
The issues of strategic stability
The Ministers of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the USA at the talks on Tuesday will discuss questions of strategic stability, including those associated with the policy of Washington to strengthen the presence of NATO near the Russian borders, said Ryabkov.
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“There will be discussed issues related to strengthening strategic stability. Everything is not okay, given of course the current administration for deployment to work with allies on NATO infrastructure near the Russian borders. All this will also be the subject of negotiations,” he said.
Also will be discussed, continued the diplomat, “many of the problems that exist in our relations is the humanitarian of the properties associated with the illegal seizure and retention of Russian citizens in the U.S., these are issues that Americans are repairing the normal functioning of economic entities, even regardless of whether they are in those or other sanctions lists of the USA”.
About meeting on Syria
According to him, the question of convening a meeting on Syria in new York can be solved after the reception by the President of the Russian Federation of heads of depodesta of the Russian Federation and the United States.
“The question new York could ask after administration of the Russian President of the Russian foreign Minister and U.S. Secretary of state, he said. – This question can be solved, and may not be resolved”.
Without agreeing on a list of terrorists to speak about the Ministerial meeting of the support Group of the RAA prematurely, also said Ryabkov.
“The main issue now is the approval of the list of terrorist organizations and the opportunity to start implementing what was agreed at the Vienna meeting of the support Group, which at our insistence includes not only the coalition of the US, but a number of influential countries”, – said the Deputy Minister.
“During contacts recent days with U.S. Secretary of state Minister Lavrov has repeatedly stressed that without a complete and solid understanding common to all – who are the terrorists who cannot be perceived as a legitimate partner in the negotiations on Syria, talk about anything in terms of further meetings at the Ministerial level prematurely,” said Ryabkov.
“If today will work out with our American colleagues on that Foundation, then maybe it will be easier to decide on the schedule of further steps,” he added.
“The question new York could ask after administration of the Russian President of the Russian foreign Minister and U.S. Secretary of state, he said. – This question can be solved, and may not be resolved”.
On the implementation of the Minsk agreements
Ryabkov also said that the U.S. does not undertake efforts to implement the Minsk agreements Kiev, this will be discussed at the meeting of foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and the United States.
“Obviously, we’re going to discuss the implementation of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine, he said. – We see that the US administration is completely contrary to obvious facts and manifestations of the destructive approach, in essence sabotage the Minsk agreements Kiev, making no effort to influence their clients there.”
“The talks that Ukraine’s leadership is constrained in its political maneuver due to some internal circumstances, for the argument we are not, he continued. – By and large, it is no secret that the United States have a determining influence on the minds in the Ukrainian leadership.”
THE MINSK AGREEMENT
On 12 February the negotiators of the Contact group in Minsk signed the previously agreed with the heads of the participating countries “channel four” document, providing for a ceasefire in the Donbass February 15. The negotiations “Norman Quartet” consisting of the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and France, as well as the German Chancellor continued in Minsk in various formats (in the narrow format with participation of members of delegations) from the evening of 11 February, a total of about 16 hours.
