The Russian Foreign Ministry considers the responses of NATO and the EU on understanding and putting into practice the principle of the indivisibility of security as a manifestation of diplomatic impoliteness and disrespect, said official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell sent what they present as a response to the message of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov dated January 28 of this year. on the implementation by Western countries in practice of the principle of equal and indivisible security. There is no substantive reaction to the directly posed question in the received documents, Zakharova added.

"The OSCE and Russia-NATO documents, which set forth the principle of the indivisibility of security, bear the signatures of the heads of state and government of the respective countries. States participate in the OSCE in their national capacity, and it is in this capacity that they have pledged not to enhance their security at the expense of the security of others," she added.

"Therefore, we cannot accept a "collective" response, reminiscent of "mutual responsibility". We look forward to a detailed response to our question from each addressee. Dodging an answer means that the West does not want to recognize the commitments it has taken through the OSCE and Russia-NATO and is trying to take care of its security at our expense.

"The 1999 Charter for European Security and the 2010 Astana Declaration, adopted at the highest level in the OSCE, clearly and unambiguously state that "no state, group of states or organization can be given primary responsibility for maintaining peace and stability in the OSCE region". And NATO and the EU insist on their leading role in ensuring security in the Euro-Atlantic area. Such an approach is categorically unacceptable for us.

"As well as the fact that we are, in fact, being offered a new round of discussions on the issue of the indivisibility of European security. This principle is enshrined in the fundamental documents of the OSCE and Russia-NATO adopted at the highest level. There is nothing to discuss here," she added.