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Alexey Drobinin, a senior Russian diplomat, said on November 11 that Moscow could potentially enter into non-aggression pacts with individual NATO member states.
This proposal is part of a Moscow-suggested European security arrangement under discussion alongside Ukraine peace negotiations, as reported by Reuters.
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Vladimir Medinsky, who occasionally leads the Russian delegation in peace talks regarding Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, noted that a new European security structure served as a central topic during two days of discussions in Abu Dhabi. He did not share specifics about the contents of those discussions.
Alexey Drobinin presented several detailed proposals regarding the security framework during a conference in Moscow on November 11.
The first potential option he outlined involved a collective defense alliance or bilateral mutual assistance agreements similar to those Moscow maintains with Belarus and North Korea, Reuters reported.
A second potential option outlined by Drobinin included political agreements under which parties agree not to assist an adversary during an act of aggression, comparable to Moscow’s pact with Iran.
The third option presented was the establishment of bilateral mutual non-aggression pacts.
“For example, agreements of this kind could be reached, among other things, with individual NATO member states, which would then receive, for instance, additional individual security guarantees from the Russian Federation,” Drobinin stated during the conference, according to video footage of his remarks published online.
While US officials have indicated a willingness to consider such discussions, several European leaders oppose addressing a broader European security framework before securing progress on Ukraine, including a ceasefire.
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Previously, Russian military leaders announced intentions to split Kyiv in two by targeting strategic bridges across Ukraine, following a high-level briefing led by Vladimir Putin on the priorities of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Concurrently, Putin directed the continuation of massive strikes on Ukrainian facilities and called for increased air defense effectiveness, while official Kremlin statements ruled out discussing border safety zones in future negotiations and highlighted significant disruptions to Ukraine’s steel production and Black Sea port operations.
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