Kremlin says there is room to talk to US

The Kremlin has said there is room to talk to the United States, but won't rush with its assessment of Washington's proposals to rewrite the post Cold War security order.

Russian President Dmitry Peskov said it would take time for Moscow to review the US document after Washington issued a formal response on Wednesday to Russian demands for a veto on future Nato enlargement and a rollback of alliance forces.

The Guardian's Moscow correspondent Andrew Roth sent this quote from Peskov:

You heard what the US state secretary and NATO secretary general said yesterday: they were loud and clear about non-acceptance of the main concerns expressed by Russia. There isn't much reason to be optimistic. I would not give any conceptual opinions.

Based on what our colleagues said yesterday, it is absolutely clear that there are the main categories outlined in the draft documents. We can't say that our thoughts have been taken into account or that a willingness has been shown to take our concerns into account. We won't rush with our assessments.

Separately, Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov stated that there was a hope of dialogue on secondary issues, but the US had not given a positive reaction to Russia's most important question, namely the expansion of Nato.