Russia again demands that NATO return to the 1997 positions.
According to the New York Times, Moscow, as part of the negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, again raised a demand for the withdrawal of NATO forces to the positions that the alliance captured in 1997.
Russia is also seeking to halt NATO expansion, stop Western arms supplies to Ukraine, and limit the nuclear security guarantees Britain and France provide to their European allies.
These demands, presented during negotiations in Abu Dhabi, caused a sharp rejection by European countries ahead of the planned meeting between Trump and Putin in China next week.