Russia (bbabo.net), - On Friday, the Russian Ministry of Defense informed that at a meeting in Moscow with his British counterpart Ben Wallace, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed the most pressing problems of European security and interaction between the military departments of the two countries.

It is reported that Shoigu stated that the military-political situation in Europe has escalated significantly due to the escalation of tension around Ukraine and the NATO military presence near the borders of the Russian Federation, which requires urgent measures to be taken to ensure security guarantees for the Russian Federation. "The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation briefly commented on the responses received from the United States and NATO on Russian draft agreements on this issue," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Shoigu, in particular, focused on the lack of answers to Moscow's key demands. Namely, the rejection of NATO expansion, the non-deployment of strike weapons near Russian borders, and the return of the bloc's military potentials and infrastructure in Europe to the positions of 1997, when the Russia-NATO Founding Act was signed. The Russian Defense Minister stressed that it would be impossible to reduce military-political tensions and build a solid European security architecture without resolving these issues.

"The parties noted the importance of continuing contacts on preventing incidents and reducing the risks of unintentional conflicts in the course of military activities," our military department said in a statement. They added: Sergei Shoigu expressed the readiness of the Russian Ministry of Defense to consider proposals for restoring bilateral cooperation along the military line. "Understanding has been reached on the continuation of contacts between the defense departments," the ministry said.

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