Biden admin to send Russia written responses as soon as Wednesday
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The Biden administration is set to send Russia a written response to concerns Moscow has publicly released and US proposals on a path forward as soon as Wednesday, according to administration officials, but the response is unlikely to characterize the likelihood of Ukraine joining NATO in the short term or show any room for negotiation on NATO's open door policy -- which is Russian President Vladimir Putin's central grievance.
"I think for a couple reasons that is not the kind of thing I would expect to see in any written response from the United States," State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday when asked if the US would be including a characterization of the likelihood or not of Ukraine joining NATO, which US President Joe Biden did during public remarks last week.
The proposal will lay out the general areas where the US is willing to work with Russia, which US officials have already clearly identified: arms control, greater transparency, risk reduction and the placement of missile systems. The details will go "slightly deeper" than what the US has said publicly, explained senior administration officials.
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