WASHINGTON, 12 January 2022, (TON): US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan noted “the productivity of the Russian-American talks on security guarantees that took place on January 10 in Geneva.”

He said in an interview “the discussion [in Geneva] revolved around issues, some of which were not previously covered in the discussion of the dialogue on strategic stability. But, as I said, it was a productive discussion.”

The diplomat also denied the assertion that the negotiations are a failure. “No, not at all,” Sullivan emphasized. “

It the failure may come, but I don’t feel like this is the direction we’re heading in right now.”

Sullivan also said that the principle of admitting new countries to NATO cannot be revised.

He said “revised? No, it’s a principle that has stood the test of time since the North Atlantic Treaty was adopted in 1949.”

Sullivan said that the decision to expand the alliance is made only by NATO members and the country seeking to join the union, and this is the West’s response to Moscow’s proposal not to admit new member states to NATO.