US open to limiting military exercises, missiles with Russia

WASHINGTON – The United States is unfastened to discussions with Russia connected curtailing imaginable aboriginal deployments of violative missiles successful Ukraine and putting limits connected U.S. and NATO subject exercises successful Eastern Europe arsenic portion of strategical talks to statesman adjacent week, a elder Biden medication authoritative said Saturday.

But, the authoritative said immoderate agreements connected either substance would beryllium contingent connected Russia removing threats to Ukraine and that nary decisions would beryllium made without the consent of Ukraine oregon NATO. The authoritative besides said determination was nary accidental the U.S. would trim its subject beingness oregon arsenal successful Eastern Europe arsenic Russia has demanded.

The U.S. official’s comments, made to reporters connected information of anonymity successful a White House-organized telephone league call, were the archetypal to suggest a willingness to compromise connected issues tangential to Ukraine.

They came arsenic elder U.S. and Russian diplomats hole to conscionable successful Switzerland connected Monday.

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Russia has demanded binding promises that NATO volition not further grow eastward and that the U.S. volition region troops and weapons from Eastern Europe successful speech for reducing its expanded unit beingness connected the Ukrainian borderline and dropping threats to intervene there.

The U.S. and NATO person rejected those demands retired of hand, but person signaled a consenting to research compromises connected related issues.

“We deliberation we tin astatine slightest research the anticipation of making advancement with the Russians,” the authoritative said, referring to Monday’s Strategic and Security Dialogue betwixt the U.S. and Russia successful Geneva. He added, though, that "there volition beryllium nary steadfast commitments made successful these talks.”

Monday’s gathering volition beryllium followed by discussions betwixt Russia and NATO members connected Wednesday and with a broader European assemblage connected Thursday.

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