The United States responded to Lavrov with trolling about a “shallow” document on NATO

Washington gave its first assessment of the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his report to the President of the Russian Federation that a 10-page letter had been prepared in response to the refusal of the United States and NATO to block Ukraine’s road to the North Atlantic Alliance. The White House was surprised that Moscow prepared as many as 10 pages in response to a “shallow” document refusing to accept Russia’s conditions for expanding the Alliance to the east.

This was stated by US State Department spokesman Ned Price during a morning briefing, reports the American television channel CNN.

Statement

“We saw comments from the Kremlin, from Moscow that their response, they said, was prepared. In my opinion, it has been more than two weeks since we sent our shallow (answer – Ed.) to Moscow. We have yet to see their response.“Price said at a briefing at the State Department.

Price noted that the Russian letter will be “thoroughly reviewed” after it is received, and there is nothing much to talk about right now.

“We are ready to engage in diplomacy, we hope to engage in good faith, dialogue and diplomacy, but in order for this to be in good faith, of course, this will require the Russians to respond in kind. For this to bear fruit, it must also take place in the context of de-escalation. And it’s just not what we’ve seen to date‘ Price concluded.

Situation

• Recall that on the afternoon of February 14, Lavrov told Vladimir Putin that the Russian Foreign Ministry had prepared a 10-page letter following the results of negotiations with the United States and NATO.
• On January 12, 2022, negotiations were held within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council, at which Moscow’s demands were discussed – to abandon the expansion of the Alliance to the east and in no case accept Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
• Last week, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg invited Russia to a new dialogue in the format of the NATO-Russia Council to find ways for a diplomatic solution to the security crisis caused by the Kremlin’s actions.