The United States warns of possible Russian disinformation over the Geneva talks

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13:32, 11 January
The United States warns of possible Russian disinformation over the Geneva talks
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The United States is preparing for Russia to spread disinformation about its commitments to bilateral security consultations in Geneva.

The White House spokesperson Jen Psaki stated this at a regular briefing, Guildhall informs.

"We are preparing for the possibility and probability - no one should be surprised, I must say - that Russia would spread disinformation about the commitments that were not made in Geneva ... That is why we continue to urge everyone not to succumb to attempts to impose disinformation", - Psaki said.

According to the White House spokesperson, US President Joe Biden is asking his administration not to hold any talks on Europe without Europe, no talks on Ukraine without Ukraine.

"We have held these talks with Russia. And this is just one of three discussions that will take place this week. Important talks will take place on January 12 in Brussels and on January 13 in Vienna", - she said.

What is known

  • On January 10, Russia and the United States held talks on security guarantees in Geneva. The main speakers were US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who reiterated Russia's ultimatum on the non-NATO enlargement at a press conference after the talks.
  • Ryabkov claimed the situation was “not hopeless” and refused to directly answer the question of how Russia would react if its requirements were not met.
  • After the talks, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said there was no answer to whether Russia was ready for de-escalation, which for the United States means withdrawing troops from Ukraine’s borders.
  • She stressed that NATO’s ‘open-door policy’ was out of the question. Sherman said the United States was “open to discussing” the scale of military exercises reciprocally.

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