thank you. thank you, mr. secretary. mr. lavrov has spoken today about hysterical rhetoric, what he calls hysterical rhetoric from the west about an invasion he plans to provoke ukraine. president biden said with what has happened so far that he believes that putin will move in because he s got to do something. so, do you think as of today, that you have a better understanding from mr. lavrov, first of all, about what putin s intentions at all? tkouplg theul stop the aggression that is standing in the way of any positive agreement? he says that you are going to present responses, which you have just confirmed, that he wants them to be to his original proposals, which you and everyone in the administration
geneva, i think there are grounds for and a means to address some of the mutual concerns that we have about security. we ll see if that bears out. and meanwhile, we will continue to prepare resolutely, to both paths that we ve laid out for russia, the path of diplomacy and dialogue or the path of renewed aggression, confrontation, and consequence consequences. i m sorry. we have very limited time. michael? i m sorry. so i have to say that russia shares our sense of urgency, the need to see if we can come back in a mutual compliance into mutual compliance in the weeks ahead. and we hope that russia will use the influence that it has in
plan for aggressive action against ukraine, we and all of our allies and partners are equally committed to make shure we are doing everything possible to make clear to russia that there, as i said, a swift, severe, and united response to any form of aggression by russia directed toward ukraine. finally, let me say this. based on the conservative today, andrea, look, i believe that there are areas where, on a resciprocal basis, we can addres some of each others concerns and they go to lithings like greater transparency in our military activities, various risk reduction measures, p pursuing arms control, and other ways to build trust, that i think would graddress some of t concerns that russia s exp expressed, as well as the many concerns that we have. but it s very important fully clear about things that we will
foreign minister lavrov and i also talked about the way forward. let me say as well that he heard from us and from me that what is for us a viable rule nothing but ukraine without ukraine. nothing about nato without nato. nothing about europe without europe. based on our discussion, i believe we can carry forward this work of developing and understanding agreements together that ensure our mutual security. but that s contingent on russia stopping its aggression toward ukraine. so that s the choice that russia faces now. you can choose the path of diplomacy that can lead to peace and security or the path that will lead only to conflict, severe consequences and international condemnation. the united states and our allies and partners in europe stand ready to meet russia on either
united states and russia, at the nato russian council, is he osc, to make sure that we fully understood each other s positions, each other s concerns. but it s very important to equally be clear about things we will not do. and one of those is we will not go back on the fundamental principles that we have. and that we re committed to defend. we will continue to prepare resolutely to both paths that we ve laid out for russia. the path of diplomacy and dialogue. or the path of renewed aggression, confrontation and consequences. i ll be joined here today by nbc s senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. back in washington throughout the hour, garrett will be leading the way, but we begin with the at miller, former allied commander, michael mcfaul from the u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama