Aleksey Drobinin: Russia may sign non‑aggression pacts with NATO states
Drobinin proposed three models — collective defence, political non‑assistance pledges and bilateral non‑aggression agreements — during a Moscow security forum.
Russian diplomat Aleksey Drobinin said at a security conference in Moscow that Russia could conclude non‑aggression agreements with individual NATO member states as part of a broader security architecture being discussed in peace negotiations over the war in Ukraine.
Drobinin outlined three possible paths. The first, he said, would be a collective defence arrangement or bilateral mutual‑assistance treaties along the lines of those Russia maintains with Belarus and North Korea.
Other options and examples
The second option would consist of political pledges not to assist an adversary in the event of aggression, similar to an arrangement Moscow reportedly has with Iran. The third option Drobinin presented was straightforward bilateral non‑aggression pacts.
"For example, agreements of this kind could be reached, among others, with individual NATO member countries, which would then receive, for example, additional individual security guarantees from the Russian Federation," Drobinin said.
Some European politicians oppose opening any discussion of a new European security architecture until there is progress on the ground in Ukraine, including a ceasefire. U.S. officials, by contrast, have indicated they are open to such talks.
Chief Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said the two‑day talks in Abu Dhabi included discussion of a security framework for Europe.
Photo: press material from the event
