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title: "Senior Russian diplomat says Moscow also needs security guarantees"
description: "A senior Russian diplomat emphasized that any peace settlement in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict must include security guarantees for Russia. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko stated that"
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# Senior Russian diplomat says Moscow also needs security guarantees

> A senior Russian diplomat emphasized that any peace settlement in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict must include security guarantees for Russia. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko stated that while Ukraine's security interests are acknowledged, Russia's security concerns are crucial for a viable agreement. He criticized the lack of discussion on Russia's security guarantees by EU leaders. Recent talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators, facilitated by U.S. representatives, have not yet produced a peace deal, although they did agree on a prisoner exchange. Future discussions are planned, with no date set yet.

Feb 10 (Reuters) - An agreement for a settlement of the nearly four-year-old conflict between Russia and Ukraine must also take into consideration security guarantees for Russia, a senior Russian diplomat was quoted as saying early on Tuesday.

“We recognise that a peace settlement in Ukraine must take account of Ukraine’s security interests, but a key factor, of course, is Russia’s security interests,” Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told the Izvestia media outlet.

“If you look carefully and study the statements made by the leaders of the European Union, no one talks about security guarantees for Russia. This is a key element of a peace accord. Without it, an agreement is impossible.”

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have held two rounds of talks in recent weeks with U.S. representatives in the United Arab Emirates. No peace deal has emerged, but the two sides agreed on the first exchange of prisoners of war in five months at the latest meeting last week.

Security guarantees for Ukraine have been one of the focal points of discussions, along with the extent of Russia’s control of Ukrainian territory and a post-war recovery plan for Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that documents on security guarantees for Ukraine were ready.

Izvestia said Grushko listed elements of what might be contained in such guarantees.

These included demands long called for by Moscow, including a bar on NATO membership for Ukraine, the rejection of any deployment in Ukraine of troops from NATO states as part of a settlement and an end to what he described as the use of Ukrainian territory to pose “threats” to Russia.

Both sides in the latest talks agreed to attend a future round of discussions, but no date has been set. Zelenskiy has said the next meeting will take place in the United States.

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