The sources voiced frustration about the way the negotiations, slated for next week in Geneva and Brussels, were arranged, “with Russian officials set to discuss the security of Ukraine and the whole European continent with counterparts from both Washington and the US-led military alliance”, according to FT.
The presidents also “agreed that negotiations on such an important issue [of security guarantees] for us and for Europe, in general, and the world will be held in three directions, that is, in Geneva, in Brussels through Russia-NATO [Council] and in Vienna through the OSCE. But, as it was noted, the parties will treat the bilateral negotiations with all seriousness, and the process of the Geneva talks will go under the personal supervision and under the personal control of the two presidents”, Ushakov told reporters.