Russia has allowed the conclusion of non-aggression pacts with individual NATO countries.
Moscow allows the conclusion of non-aggression pacts with individual NATO countries as part of the new security architecture for Europe, discussed during the negotiation process on Ukraine.
This is what the director of the Department for Foreign Policy Planning of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexei Drovinin, said, Reuters reports. Drobinin outlined several options for future agreements.
The first is a collective defense alliance or bilateral mutual assistance agreements, similar to those Russia has with Belarus and the Democratic Republic of North Korea. The second is political agreements on not providing aid to each other's opponents in the event of aggression, such as Moscow's with Iran. The third is bilateral agreements of mutual non-aggression.
"For example, agreements of this type can be reached, including with individual NATO member states, which will receive, for example, additional personal security guarantees from the Russian Federation," Reuters quotes the diplomat as saying.