The fate of the strategic negotiations between Russia and the United States / the uncertain prospect of improving relations between Moscow and Washington

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “TASS” news agency, Bonnie Jenkins, US Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, announced at a news conference this morning on Tuesday that US officials are interested in discussing nuclear issues with Russia.

He commented on yesterday’s statement by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov that it is unlikely that the dialogue on strategic security between the United States and the Russian Federation will resume soon. “As Jake Sullivan [National Security Adviser] has stated, we are still interested in discussing nuclear issues.”

Jenkins mentioned that Russia probably knows the positions of America in this field and this position has not changed.

Pentagon will discuss military strategy against Russia behind closed doors

Inside Defense magazine this morning Citing an announcement from the US Department of Defense, it reported that the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Council will hold closed-door meetings on December 5 and 6 to discuss US strategy towards Russia.

including people Those who will take part in these consultations include Sasha Baker – Head of the Pentagon’s Political Affairs Department, Mara Carlin – Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic Planning and Celeste Wallander – Assistant Secretary of State for International Security Affairs. In addition, General Charles Brown – Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces and General Christopher Cowley – Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Forces will also attend this meeting.

Ryabkov: The prospect of improving relations between Moscow and Washington is not visible

Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, on Monday on the sidelines of the international summit “It is unlikely that the dialogue on strategic stability between the Russian Federation and the United States will resume in the near future,” Primakov’s study told reporters.

He stressed: I don’t think that the talks will resume in the foreseeable future in the way they were done when the United States unilaterally cut it off.

According to Ryabkov, if the United States decides to resume such a dialogue, it is unlikely that they will see in the reaction of the Russian side anything that they consider a step forward. .

At the same time, this high-ranking diplomat rejected any unilateral scoring by Moscow and noted: “Recently, there have been many negative events in the relations between Russia and America, which It does not allow political talks between the two countries to start again. In addition, now the discussion is not even about giving points or looking for some kind of compromise, but whether it is useful to exchange these types of messages at all. We are still not convinced about this.”

Lavrov and Blinken will not meet at the meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe >

Sergei Ryabkov also recalled that on the sidelines of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in North Macedonia, a meeting between Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Anthony Blinken Russia and America will not be held.

He emphasized that Washington did not request such a meeting and Moscow does not insist on it.

The foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are scheduled to meet on November 30 in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The event will continue until December 1st. European Union Foreign Policy Spokesman Peter Stano previously said that Lavrov’s planned visit to North Macedonia to attend the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ministerial meeting is not considered a violation of European sanctions.

Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, emphasized that this organization should guarantee the full participation of the Russian side in the Skopje summit.