Russia is again demanding that NATO return to its 1997 positions.
According to the New York Times, Moscow, as part of the negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, has again demanded that NATO forces withdraw to the positions that the alliance occupied in 1997.
Russia is also seeking to halt NATO expansion, an end to Western arms supplies to Ukraine, and restrictions on the nuclear security guarantees that Britain and France provide to their European allies.
These demands, presented during talks in Abu Dhabi, provoked strong opposition from European countries ahead of the planned meeting between Trump and Putin in China next week.