美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯周日表示，在本周与俄罗斯就乌克兰问题举行的会谈中，美国对讨论限制在欧洲部署导弹和进行军事演习持开放态度。

“有建立信任的措施，也有降低风险的措施，所有这些措施，如果相互配合，我认为真的可以缓解紧张局势，消除担忧，”布林肯告诉美国广播公司“本周”主播乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯。

在俄罗斯派遣军队帮助平息邻国哈萨克斯坦的骚乱后，布林肯并不排除在会谈中会出现那里的事件——尽管俄罗斯已经排除了这种可能性。

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他批评了哈萨克斯坦总统命令安全部队开枪杀死抗议者。

“这是我坚决反对的，”布林肯说。“格杀勿论的命令，就其存在的程度而言，是错误的，应该撤销。”

美国和俄罗斯代表团计划举行会谈周日晚上和周一在日内瓦，俄罗斯和西方就俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京威胁邻国乌克兰展开了关键的一周外交。

布林肯说，可能“解决俄罗斯可能有的任何合理关切”

例如，他说，“可能有理由”与俄罗斯续签《中程核力量条约》，特朗普政府退出了该条约，美国指责俄罗斯违反了该条约。

布林肯说:“同样，在欧洲部署常规部队、演习的范围和规模等问题上也有协议，如果相互遵守——也就是说，俄罗斯履行了它一再违反的承诺——那么就有理由缓和紧张局势，提高透明度，增强信心，所有这些都将解决俄罗斯声称的担忧。”。

斯特凡诺普洛斯追问，“所以你愿意解决部队水平问题，愿意解决导弹部署问题，愿意解决训练演习问题?”

布林肯说，美国“没有考虑驻军水平”

他说:“谈到部队的部署和兵力水平，我们不考虑兵力水平。“相反，如果俄罗斯对乌克兰发动新的侵略，我认为非常公平的前景是，北约将加强其东部侧翼的阵地，即与俄罗斯接壤的国家。

“但是，例如，当涉及到演习的范围和规模时，”他继续说，“俄罗斯违反的《欧洲常规武装力量条约》中涉及的事情，我们可以看看。”

美俄谈判之后，预计俄罗斯和北约将于周三在布鲁塞尔举行会谈，欧洲安全与合作组织(欧安组织)将于周四在维也纳举行更多讨论。美国也将参加这些会谈。

正如美国总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)过去威胁的那样，布林肯承诺，如果俄罗斯入侵乌克兰，将对俄罗斯造成“巨大后果”——承诺这些后果将超越西方在2014年吞并乌克兰克里米亚半岛后对俄罗斯施加的后果——称美国和欧洲盟友已经就“经济、金融和其他后果”进行了协调

但是当斯特凡诺普洛斯问及他是否认为普京已经做出了控制乌克兰的决定时，布林肯指出他还不确定。

“很明显，我们给他提供了两条前进的道路，”布林肯说。“一是通过外交和对话。另一种是通过威慑手段，如果俄罗斯再次侵略乌克兰，将对其造成巨大后果。我们即将测试普京总统本周想走哪条路的提议。”

国务卿缓和了对快速结果的期望。

“我认为下周我们不会看到任何突破，”布林肯说。

他说，要“取得实际进展”将是“非常困难的”，只要“不断升级，当俄罗斯用10万军队在乌克兰边境附近用枪指着乌克兰的头时，在很短的时间内将这种可能性增加一倍。”

布林肯说:“如果我们看到局势的缓和，如果我们看到紧张局势的缓解，这就是我们能够取得真正进展的环境，并且再次解决双方的担忧，合理的担忧。”。

US open to talking with Russia about missiles, troop exercises: Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the United States was open to discussing limits on missile deployments and troop exercises in Europe during talks with Russia this week over Ukraine.

"There are confidence-building measures, there are risk-reduction measures, all of which, if done reciprocally, I think can really reduce tensions and address concerns," Blinken told told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos.

And after Russia sent troops to help quell unrest in neighboring Kazakhstan, Blinken did not rule out that events there could come up in talks -- even though Russia has ruled that out.

He criticized Kazakhstan's presidentordering security forces to shoot to kill protesters.

"That is something I resolutely reject," Blinken said. "The shoot-to-kill order, to the extent it exists, is wrong and should be rescinded."

Delegations from the U.S. and Russiaplanned to hold talksSunday night and Monday in Geneva, kicking off a critical week of diplomacy between Moscow and the West over Russian President Vladimir Putin menacing neighboring Ukraine.

Blinken said it may be possible "to address whatever legitimate concerns Russia may have."

For example, he said, "there may be grounds for renewing" the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, from which the Trump administration withdrew and which the U.S. accuses Russia of violating.

"Similarly, there are agreements on the deployment of conventional forces in Europe, on things like the scope and scale of exercises, that, if adhered to reciprocally -- that is, Russia makes good on its commitments, which it's repeatedly violated -- then there are grounds for reducing tensions, creating greater transparency, creating greater confidence, all of which would address concerns that Russia purports to have," Blinken said.

Stephanopoulos pressed, "So you're willing to address troop levels, you're willing to address missile deployments, you're willing to address training exercises?"

Blinken said the United States was "not looking at troop levels."

"When it comes to the deployment of forces and troop levels, we're not looking at troop levels," he said. "To the contrary, if Russia commits renewed aggression against Ukraine, I think it's a very fair prospect that NATO will reinforce its positions along its eastern flank, the countries that border Russia.

"But when it comes to, for example, the scope and scale of exercises," he continued, "things that were dealt with in the conventional forces in Europe treaty that Russia's been in violation of, those are things that we can look at."

The U.S.-Russia negotiations are expected to be followed by talks between Russia and NATO in Brussels on Wednesday and more discussions between the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna on Thursday. The U.S. will participate in those talks, too.

As President Joe Biden has threatened in the past, Blinken promised "massive consequences" for Russia if it invades Ukraine -- promising they would go beyond those that the West imposed on Russia after it annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014 -- saying the U.S. and European allies have coordinated on "economic, financial and other consequences."

But when asked by Stephanopoulos whether he thinks Putin has already made the decision to take control of the Ukraine, Blinken noted he wasn’t sure yet.

"It's clear that we've offered him two paths forward," Blinken said. "One is through diplomacy and dialogue. The other is through deterrents and massive consequences for Russia if it renews its aggression against Ukraine. And we're about to test the proposition of which path President Putin wants to take this week."

And the secretary of state tempered expectations about quick results.

"I don't think we're going to see any breakthroughs next week," Blinken said.

It would be "very difficult" to "make actual progress," he said, as long as "there's an ongoing escalation, when Russia has a gun to the head of Ukraine with 100,000 troops near its borders, the possibility of doubling that on very short order."

"If we're seeing de-escalation, if we're seeing a reduction in tensions, that is the kind of environment in which we can make real progress and, again, address concerns, reasonable concerns on both sides," Blinken said.