Russia will present its demands for "security guarantees" at a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels on January 12.
This is reported by "European Pravda," citing Reuters.
The NATO-Russia Council at Allied headquarters in Brussels is part of a broader effort to ease the worst tensions between East and West since the Cold War, caused primarily by fears of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow rejects such claims, although it is amassing troops near the Ukrainian border.
NATO diplomats say the alliance is ready to negotiate with Moscow on increasing the openness of military exercises and avoiding accidental clashes that could provoke a conflict, as well as on arms control on missiles in Europe.
But NATO says many of Russia's demands outlined in two draft treaties in December are unacceptable, including calls to reduce the alliance to 1990s levels and a promise not to accept new members.
"Let's be clear: Russia's actions precipitated this crisis. We seek to use diplomacy to de-escalate the situation," Julianne Smith, the U.S. representative to NATO, told reporters Tuesday night.
"We want to see Russia withdraw its forces," she said of the 100,000 troops near Ukraine.
Russia held military exercises near its border with Ukraine on Tuesday, while expressing pessimism about the prospects for further negotiations with the United States.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will chair the talks Wednesday with 30 Alliance ambassadors and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. Allies are expected to raise concerns about cyber attacks as well as election interference in the EU and the United States.
