US and NATO responses fail to address Russia’s main concerns, says Foreign Minister Lavrov, cnn.com

The written responses presented by the United States and NATO to Russia’s security demands fail to address Moscow’s concerns over the eastward expansion of the military alliance, Russia’s Foreign Minister said Thursday as fears of a possible invasion of Ukraine remain high.

”There is no positive reaction on the main issue in this document,” Sergey Lavrov told journalists in Moscow. ”The main issue is our clear position on the inadmissibility of further expansion of NATO to the East and the deployment of strike weapons that could threaten the territory of the Russian Federation.” Läs artikel