The diplomat in statements to the Sputnik agency stressed that the current tension on the Russian border requires both sides to focus on pausing a decision to really improve the situation in the sphere of military security.

“The truth is, we want to conduct the conversation in a comprehensive and deep way, because the situation requires it and, of course, we are focused on achieving concrete results. We will not dialogue for the sake of dialogue,” Grushko emphasized.

The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister warned that for the moment he cannot specify whether one meeting will be enough, “it will be two, three or four meetings”.

He also said that it should not be said that after the Russia-NATO Council meeting there will be considerable progress in security guarantees.

In this regard, Grushko assured that Russia has a fairly extensive set of technical and military tools in case the second way is chosen.

The Russia-NATO Council meeting on security guarantees will be held on January 12 in Brussels, Belgium.

One of the key issues outlined in the draft agreements is the non-expansion of NATO eastward, and that they suspend the deployment of offensive weapons by the West on territories of countries close to Russian borders.

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