Arya News - Russia and the United States are discussing, among other things, the architecture of security in the European direction, but Europe has no place in this dialogue, Russia`s deputy envoy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Maxim Buyakevich, told Sputnik.
According to the diplomat, Moscow views the OSCE and its participation in it as a platform for dialogue with those countries with which it currently has serious socio-military-political conflicts."Another question is the willingness of Western countries to maintain such a platform for dialogue. Because, in my view, and ours as well, their appetite for this is constantly shrinking. Take the United States, for example. They are currently undergoing a policy review at the State Department, which is assessing US participation in the OSCE. Demands have already been made for a significant reduction in the organization"s budget – by approximately 10% compared to 2021 levels, without taking into account inflation over the past years," Buyakevich said.He added that such demands were effectively "strangling" the Organization.