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Security Talks Between Russia and U.S Begins in Geneva

  • Posted Jan 10, 2022 15:28 by Rosahlee Bautista
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INTERNATIONAL: A Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has arrived in Geneva for security talks with the U.S., Russia's Foreign Ministry has confirmed on Sunday, 9 January.

Talks between U.S. and Russian diplomats begin in Geneva on Monday, 10 January, after a weeks-long standoff over Russian troop deployments near its border with Ukraine, with veteran envoys on each side trying to avert a crisis.

Interfax on Sunday has quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying Moscow was not optimistic going into the talks.

The U.S. prognosis was similarly gloomy. U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he cannot see any breakthroughs in the coming week.

Russia has issued a statement on Sunday that it would not make concessions under U.S. pressure and has warned that this week's talks on the Ukraine crisis might end early, while Washington has said no breakthroughs were expected and progress depended on de-escalation from Moscow.

The hard line from Moscow underscored the fragile prospects for negotiations that Washington hopes will avert the danger of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is the tensest point in U.S.-Russia relations since the Cold War ended three decades ago.

In response to Russian demands for Western security guarantees, the United States and allies have said they are prepared to discuss the possibility of each side restricting military exercises and missile deployments in the region.

Secretary Blinken has said both sides will put proposals on the table and then see if there are grounds for moving forward.

The U.S. Secretary of State has also mentioned in an interview that it is very hard to see actual progress happening while there is an ongoing escalation, and when Russia has a gun to the head of Ukraine with 100,000 troops near its borders.

Ahead of the formal talks, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov on Sunday in Geneva, and told him Washington "would welcome genuine progress through diplomacy.”


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