Russia (bbabo.net), - Western countries need to contribute to reducing tensions in Europe, for this it is necessary to stop the supply of weapons to Ukraine. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with his British counterpart Ben Wallace.
According to him, Russia offers the West to contribute to the reduction of tension in Europe. First of all, for this it is necessary to stop stuffing Ukraine with weapons. "It's coming from all sides, it's being done publicly. It's being done in a revealing way. It's not entirely clear why," Shoigu stressed.
He also asked the head of the British military department: why did Britain send its special forces to Ukraine and how long will it stay there?
Shoigu stated that, in general, unfortunately, the level of cooperation between the military departments of the Russian Federation and Great Britain is close to zero.
Shoigu explained to his British colleague the risks of pumping weapons to individual countries Text: Yuri Gavrilov On Friday, at a meeting in Moscow with his British counterpart Ben Wallace, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu recalled the sad experience of pumping weapons to individual states. The conversation on this topic was in connection with the mass deliveries of various military arsenals by the West to Ukraine.
“Let me remind you that weapons worth almost $80 billion were left in Afghanistan not so long ago. If we talk about Javelins, anti-tank installations, then more than 100 of them were left in Afghanistan. If we talk about MANPADS to combat aircraft, then there were more than 150 have been left," Shoigu said.
He is sure that all this, of course, poses a threat today. Especially considering the fact that only recently the number of fighters of the terrorist organization ISIS banned in the Russian Federation has doubled in Afghanistan. "And it is difficult for us to understand in what hands these weapons will fall. We would not want this topic to go by the wayside. Like the topic of refugees from Afghanistan. Like the topic of drug trafficking from Afghanistan," the Russian Defense Minister stressed.
Shoigu named the factors that caused the aggravation of the situation in Europe Text: Yuri Gavrilov On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry 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 cooperation 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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