WSJ learned about the discontent in NATO because of the negotiations between the US and Russia

WSJ: US allies are concerned about the ideas that Washington put forward in negotiations with Moscow

US allies are concerned that Washington has not discussed with them the ideas that it put forward in negotiations with Moscow. In particular, according to the WSJ, we are talking about exercises in Europe and the missile treaty.

Some US allies remained concerned about the proposals that Washington put forward in negotiations with Moscow on security guarantees without first discussing them with partners. About it informs The Wall Street Journal, citing NATO diplomats.

According to the interlocutors of the publication, we are talking about the idea of ​​”mutual reduction in the scale of military exercises”, which some allies learned about only from the media (for example, on January 7, before the negotiations between the United States and Russia took place, NBC reported that Washington was ready to discuss the reduction in the number of American troops in the Baltic countries and in Poland and the scale of military exercises conducted by both sides). The WSJ does not specify which states are in question, but the material says that they are “particularly close to Russia.”

In addition, writes WSJ, US allies would like to achieve greater clarity about Washington’s proposals for the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), from which the country officially withdrew in August 2019.

The US and NATO say that they did not make official proposals to Russia, but only put forward ideas. According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, quoted by the WSJ, if it comes to specific proposals, let alone agreements, “this will be discussed in detail with the allies.”