Regardless diplomatic efforts in the Ukraine conflict has Russia has reiterated its accusation that the West is disregarding Russian security interests. Moscow would only be offered negotiations on the question of the “indivisibility” of security in Europe, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday, according to a statement. “There is nothing to discuss here,” she said, noting that several documents from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) already state that the security of one state must not be enforced at the expense of another. “We will enforce that.”
At the end of January, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked his OSCE colleagues to write a reply to the question of how this promise of security could be guaranteed. However, his ministry called the receipt of answers in the form of two collective letters from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell “an expression of diplomatic rudeness and disregard for our request,” as Zakharova said. Moscow expects a “detailed response” from each addressee to the request. Moscow cannot accept a collective answer.