Russia does not accept 'collective response' to its question on indivisibility of European security

Russia does not accept "a collective response" from NATO and the EU on the question about equal and indivisible security in Europe, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Friday.

Zakharova said in a written comment on the Foreign Ministry’s website that Moscow sent a note to the foreign ministries of 37 countries and specifically stressed it expects a detailed response from each.

The note, signed by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and EU top diplomat Josep Borrel, does not have an answer to the question raised by Russia, instead they invite to engage in a dialogue on strengthening security, Zakharova said.

"We remind that the message by S.V. (Sergey Viktorovich) Lavrov was addressed to the foreign ministries of 37 states of Europe and North America. And in it, it was particularly stressed that we expect a detailed response in a national quality.

"Instead of that, J. Stoltenberg and J. Borrel are writing to us, to whom we did not address. Such a step cannot be characterized but as a demonstration of diplomatic impoliteness and disrespect to our request," said Zakharova.